1. I turned my eyes away, though still attached,
Like a baby forcibly weaned from the breast.

2. I turned from everything my blood had fused with,
From all that throbbed and grew into my bones.

3. From that face whose features blended into one,
The beauty of its form perfectly composed.

4. Two lips endowed with the sweetest words,
That mouths can fashion or have ever framed.

5. When he smiles his dimples flash like lightning,
The spring breeze blows and kindles tender flames.

6. I turned my eyes away from the two breasts,
Shifting gently, when together pressed.

7. From all of her that means things words can’t say,
Made to express meanings words can’t convey.

8. I’d hesitate to let my hand reach out,
To muster pen and paper to betray.

9. I stripped her secretly and did no wrong,
And felt the pleasure of a sinner’s joy.

10. I turned my eyes away, knowing the pain
Where I’d find mercy, I would find destroy.

11. Existence I wished to make nonexistence,
And it wished I bring nonexistence into play.