Sex, desire, and the gods

I see you now, you;
you: the builder
of the house.

The stone the builders rejected.

It is chastity from desire.

Whence comes the desire for sex?
What are these energies? This passion
which stirs the sensations
of the body like a whirlwind.

Now I see thee serpent
who dwells in the midst
of the two trees
in the garden.

It is desire: and from whence
the forbidden fruit came.

Chastity; mastery
over the sexual desire
(in or out of the sexual act)
that lasts forever
is only a trait
of the gods themselves.