Sexual Misgivings

Sexual Misgivings There is this instinctive desire To fulfill one’s sexual craving; Programmed into the human psychic, Just like the beating of the heart Which, after millions of years of evolution, Resists the surgeon’s prerequisite To stop it before operating. One would assume that rest would be welcomed But instead, the heart rejects this procedure. The pulse once activated must never stop And beats faster with sexual readiness To ensure survival of the species. How simple and yet complex The concept of love’s role Is acted upon DNA’s spiral ladder Of emotional trickery With physical gratification. The act itself is aesthetically unattractive, Awkward, and a passage whereby Bacteria and viruses Can breach the body’s Defense mechanisms. Still, over and again, the gambit is thrown (Using pills, devices, and genetics, Evolutionary and scientifically employed) In the belief, that pathosis will be thwarted. The pleasure is worth the risk.