IMPRISONED FLESH

The Manicheans believed us to be

beings of light imprisoned in prisons

of flesh; but sometimes our flesh

is too tightly bound, imprisoned

by our minds; minds, that out of

fear or prudishness, silence

the yearning of the flesh

until blood flows cold

in our veins.

15.06.2024

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