Like winter whiskey and summer sex,

I enjoy how just the scent of you makes me feel 

Without even a taste my eyes glaze, my tummy tickles,

my mouth waters for that which tastes like coming home

Each of you give me the opportunity to train myself,

to harness my carnal urges and abstain from even thoughts

It’s not your fault anymore than Whiskey or Sex 

Fire water, heated intercourse and your presence

my reaction to each of you blamed on my own thirst

Individually strong intoxicants that cloud my mind

the combination of the three of you would kill me

I would die with a smile of pleasure upon my face 

finding myself home at last and finally totally free

Old me gone and new me awakened into the light 

                  ~ Kiddṏ

Tanha literally means “thirst,” and is commonly translated as craving or desire.

 Pāli: Taṇhā, तण्हा
Sanskrit: tṛṣṇā, trishna तृष्णा

Pali: kama-tanha (sense-craving)

Also referred to as craving for “sensuality” or “sensual pleasures”

This is a craving for sense objects which provide pleasant feeling, or craving for sensory pleasures