Petal & Fang

I am as soft and delicate as a petal,
sweet and lingering in dew-
fragile as the wings of a butterfly,
beautifully unique,
made of light and hush.

And yet-
I am primal as the lioness,
low to the earth,
muscle remembering hunger,
eyes fixed,
stalking what she intends to claim.

This Gemini heart
is two souls braided into one body-
one made of silk and breath,
the other of tooth and instinct.

Forever at war,
forever at peace,
she learns to live inside the tension-
where tenderness does not cancel power,
and ferocity does not erase grace.

She is both.
She has always been both.

Reviews

[Brandon Houser]

I guess you could say, we all have a way of being sweet and trouble don't we? That duality makes great inspiration, great exploration, and great writing.

[Curly Grace]

Sweetness and trouble do tend to live side by side. That tension is where the real stories breathe. It’s a good place to write from, and an even better place to understand ourselves.

[Randall]

I've seen both. I prefer one over the other.
One, you only need a funnel shaped net.
The other, a whip and a chair.

[Curly Grace]

Oh, you prefer one, do you?
Interesting… most people hesitate to admit that out loud.
The butterfly is easy enough to catch, she won’t make you sweat.
But the other one… the one that makes you reach for a whip and a chair…
She tends to enjoy watching people decide whether they’re brave enough to step closer.
And she always notices who lingers.

[Randall]

But which one, Straight or Curly?

Randall... Smiling
read moreBut which one, Straight or Curly?

Randall... Smiling

[Curly Grace]

both...always both