Guilty as Sin?

Intrusive thoughts as pre-emptive confession — the speaker is already guilty of thoughts she has not acted on: desire as involuntary intrusion that the mind commits before the body has done anything.…

Explores infidelity of the mind — lustful, sinful thoughts about someone who is not her partner, framed in heavy religious imagery.

"You've haunted me so stunningly"

Hauntedness as aesthetic experience — being haunted stunningly reframes the gothic as something breathtaking rather than tormenting. The adverb transfigures horror into beauty, characteristic of TTPD'…