Is Stranger | Lust
Then you’re left alone, staring at your own reflection, trying to remember the person who didn’t yet know what that stranger felt like.
You expect it to feel familiar—a warm hand you’ve held before, a mouth that knows your name. But lust is stranger. It arrives without knocking, wearing a face you’ve never seen in daylight. It speaks in a language you almost understand, like overheard words through a thin wall. Lust Is Stranger
Lust doesn’t love your habits or your history. It loves the gap between who you are and who you could become in the dark. It offers no comfort, only velocity. One night you’re standing still; the next, you’re a stranger to yourself—unlocked, reckless, hungry in a way that has nothing to do with food. Then you’re left alone, staring at your own
And when it leaves? That’s the strangest part. Not with a slammed door, but with a whisper: You knew me. You just won’t admit it. It arrives without knocking, wearing a face you’ve
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