A Cuddly Toy Comments

I assume the best way to read this poem is in context with your other poems from late April. This one strikes as the earliest in a series on the same relationship (Julia) . On its own, without the other poems, I actually read first and already commented on, this poem could almost be seen as a pagan view of sexuality, that is, one that does have a concept of Original Sin, redeemable only by God's sacrifice to himself. which is what the story of Jesus truly is. The Russian mystic writer Nicolas Berdayev (whom I read in college) said, Paganism has no guilt attached to sexual activity so it leaves the soul free of anxiety and has no need for a divine redeemer. That's almost an exact quote as I remember it. The fact that this poem makes me think of the pagan view shows that it is only the first chapter of a series of poems that will later include poems eloquently expressing the Christian view.

Just with notebook. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.