Darkness flickered upon her mask

murky passions reeled me in

yearning for perilous reward.

Duskiness, festering, waiting

ominous clouds agitating currents

promising dooming menace.

Foreshadowing evil cloudbursts

blood dripping from her lips

weeping down sanguine body,

Green eyes crazed and wild

lightning flashes omen

beware the devil within.

I heard the threat

shadowy voice of evil

shrieking, encompassing

unlit aura around her head.

Run, run, run!

I screamed to myself

But I plummeted

To blackest doom

Ignored the cautions

And became one

with her body,

incorporated within

her vile soul.

You were my tether to an undefined world,

dripping with promise and honey-coated sighs,

a fashionable world where the women wear pea coats, 

and no one goes out in sweats,

where suited gentlemen escort lovely ladies,

with faces shaped like a moon

of Jupiter, of Saturn,

marble in the distance,

with primrose lips

and poppy cheeks,

two petals pinched together

for an all encompassing kiss.

We'll always have time to dress

and money to dress with. 

Our makeup will be soft,

like dandelion furs on the wind

blowing into your breath,

and traveling down your lungs.

Inhale

the submerged dreams of magazines. 

Complex as it may be, attraction can be broken down into three primary elements, each with two main contributing factors.

1) Nonverbal Emotional - this is the desire to be in someone's presence regardless of what you are doing. This element is the most difficult to define and also the most crucial.

Contributing factors include: body language and facial expressions

2) Verbal Emotional - this is the desire to speak and listen and be listened to. This is arguably the most "human" of the elements.

Contributing factors include: charm and empathy.

3) Physical - this is the desire for sex or other physical contact (such as kissing, hugging, cuddling, etc). This is the most basic/animalistic of the elements.

Contributing factors include: pheromones and the evolutionary need to reproduce

Note: I am well aware that attraction is impossible to accurately quantify, so this should not be taken too seriously. I simply found it interesting to write.