~ I'm All the Way Up to Chastity

"at first

it was a fire,

eclipses,

short circuits,

lightning and fireworks;

 

then incense,

hammocks,

drugs,

wines,

perfumes;

then spasm and honey,

fever,

fatigue,

warmth,

currents of liquid fire,

feast and orgies;

 

then dreams,

visions,

candlelight,

flowers,

pictures;

 

then images out of the past,

fairy tales,

stories,

then pages out of a book,

a poem;

 

then laughter,

 

then chastity."

 

from "a journal of love"

the unexpurgated diary of anaïs nin 1934-1937

Done