“i never knew… because they didn’t want me to know… that it’s spiritual. touch is spiritual. passion is spiritual. soul to skin… it’s. all. spiritual. they never told me that it could be beautiful. that i’m beautiful. that you’re beautiful. and all of that heat and heart and wild intensity… it’s. beautiful. and little by little i’m trying to trade in shame and fear and just let myself feel all the things i’ve never let myself feel. maybe then it could be something… beautiful.”