The French refer to the orgasm as le petit mort (the little death)

 The French refer to the orgasm as 'le petit mort' (the little death), 

Pourquoi, or why, because at the instant  of orgasm

there is the obliteration oif time, as one is transported in climax, there is a kind 

of momentary non exisence.

 To apply the English venacular - to 'come' is to arrive from a previous state