I suppose it was lust
but it was holy and awful.

John Berryman, from The Heart Is Strange: New Selected Poems; “Young Woman’s Song”  
Source: hush-syrup
♕┊❛ ᶦ ᵒᵖᵉᶰᵉᵈ ᵘᵖ ᵐʸ ʳᶦᵇᶜᵃᵍᵉ ᵃᶰᵈ ᵖᶫᵃᶰᵗᵉᵈ ᵃ ᵍᵃʳᵈᵉᶰ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵒʳᶰˢ ⁽ ᵐᵘˢᶦᶰᵍˢ⋅ ⁾