LUST FADES TO DUST

Get what I want I must,

And all my energy into it I thrust,

I’ll give anything, pay any cost,

Just to have it for better or worst

But that’s only until it begins to rust,

And all I’ve put together goes bust,

By then my zeal for it is lost,

And I want another much more than the first

I realize my want wasn’t just,

It was just desire’s crust,

Meant to feed my lust,

Until, it fades to dust.

LUST FADES TO DUST

LUST: four letters that encapsulates man’s continuous pursuit and search for things to pursue, things to desire, crave for, have, and then he starts the whole process all over again.

Indeed, like an infant or a sucking baby, there is an emptiness that is created each time; an emptiness that can only be filled by what we crave.

There is another four letter word, NEED; a more fundamental emptiness that could cause physical damage or even extinction if not filled. LUST, its psychological counterpart often times takes over a human being and makes it prioritize itself over NEED.

So what exactly is lust and why does it occur?

Lust is a strong desire often fueled by the being’s environment and what he is constantly exposed to, or better still; what flows to him by the various streams he connects to.

We lust after several things and make it a mission to get them - we are unsettled, unrelenting uncomfortable and unwavering in our pursuit of it; but that is only before we get it. 

By the time we have it, our eyes glow and face lights up at the event of the attainment of what we lusted. The melodious duet our eyes and tummy sang becomes less audible as the moment we awaited comes and then goes away. What we craved has come and faded away.

All we lust for is a moment, a thing, a person, an action or a reaction. All these cannot last forever, not even as long as we would want them to.  We can want it forever, but we can’t have it forever.

As we continually evolve, grow and develop, so does our taste, style and invariably our lust.

Hence, what we lusted after at a period in time whether attained or not is not likely to be desired in the next season.

Like shoes, bags, clothes and all things fashion; they only last for a season and by the next season they are out. We might lust for them immediately they are in, get them, but soon they are out. Then it’s on to the next one… until they are back in.

So too with automobiles, places and events, people, toys and devices etc. They come and they go. If we enjoyed them, we want them to come back again and can’t wait until they do.

Did I just put people on that list?

People? People? People?

There is really no fundamental difference in the way we treat matter; animal, place or thing, and matter responds accordingly to how it is treated.

The way we wouldn’t rest until we’ve got those new pair of shoes, is the same way we are restless and relentless until we get the girl of our dreams.

The way we wear those shoes proudly the first few times, and start losing feeling for it gradually after a while, is the same way we start drawing apart from the girl after a few dates and fun times.

The way our face lights up when we see another ‘new and improved’ pair of shoes and start the lusting all over again, is the same way we stare hopelessly at the girl at the corner while we are on a date with the girl we were supposedly in love with.

LOVE is another four letter word often synonymous with the charity and the art of giving. Hence, it is the complete opposite of LUST in that it seeks to give rather than get.

It lasts forever, it doesn’t act only for the moment, season or person in question, and it is impartial and generous in every dispensation.

While lust has driven many-a-man to doom after a moment of pure ecstasy, love has given and lifted whoever gives it.

Anyone whose heart beats to the rhythm of love is unselfish and impartial, not seeking vainglory or self aggrandizement associated with lust and the desire to have what you want at all cost.

In relationships, lust for one another and the passion thereafter cannot and will not last as long as the relationship will do. As has been proven in every facet of life (relationships included), after a season, such lusts would have been fed to the point that it becomes insatiable by what it is being fed with. 

Hence, it will seek something higher, more, greater and better than what it currently has.

Our quest for more doesn’t stop with the acquisition of material things, wealth and power, but as we have relationships with people and lust after them, when the fire dies and we are no longer satisfied by them, we are left with an emptiness and gradually withdraw, especially when another has caught our fancy.

LUST FADES TO DUST after what is lusted is attained and the emptiness that preceded the lust will be back again in a greater measure than before - much like dust.

So let us love, let the sacrifice and benevolence that comes with love be evident in all our relationships and in our demeanor and disposition towards others. Let us put others first, love them endlessly as we want to be loved, rather than crave for what will fade away after a brief moment.

Let us seek an eternity of love, not a moment of lust.

LET US LOVE!




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Copyright. Olayinka Agbaje-Williams, 2015


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