Surviving desire

He's desperate and his frustration mounts to overflowing before giving way to his final and audacious mistake. Finally he caves in, gives up and takes what is offered, because he knows he can, because he knows he wants. He lacks faith and, therefore, patience. The giving of himself has left him empty and old before his time.

Read it as a woman.

She's desperate and her frustration mounts to overflowing before giving way to her final and audacious mistake. Finally she caves in, gives up and takes what is offered, because she knows she can, because she knows she wants. She lacks faith and, therefore, patience. The giving of herself has left her empty and old before her time.

Hal Hartely, in Surviving Desire