NeverAfters~

I have found in the mirror

An animal

It leaps out of its own accord

I used to struggle to bury it in my blue jean pocket

Keeping straight stride toward the illusions of white brocade

And ever afters

But with each step forward

I filled in two paw prints back with ink

Drawing

Into the skin of my personal totem

Understanding in the final line drawn

That I will never jump over brooms

Or carry a candle’s flame to an altar

Nor stitch myself into a wedding gown

When my heart beats fierce with aboriginal links

And my strides are more of a stalk

So here I am admitting to every suitor

Crushed between the mantle of my bones

That yes

I am careless with the heart

And bored easily

Because my lips seek the unconventional kiss

And my moods match the brocade of a jungle

My easy tease flips a violent sweep of eyelashes

When brow to brow

My pupils dilate

And you forget what you wanted to do with me in the first place

Impatient is my animal

Spreading sinuous length in a trail of crumbled heaps behind me

Forgive me my nature

Forgive me my momentary captivation

And listen to me

When I tell you

To run

Because there’s a human in my mirror

More dangerous

Than the animal in my side

 

 

 

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Author's Note

never promised you a rose garden
~in a mood~

Reviews

[Tommy]

I have a yearn to be devoured after reading this. It is so easy to see inside your descriptions because you set the scene so well. From fantasy to reality you bring a piece to life. There is so much truth in the last three verses of lines; one would be smarter if they feared the human side of the kingdom rather than the common wild found in an animal's instincts...

Selene this is a Great Write!
RLG,
Tommy

[.]

nice one, so classic :)

[Siddhartha]

i love the irreverent tone here...the scorn of the beauty which knows its due...

[Emily B]

oh, I love love love these words

[Linda Marie Van Tassell]

Your words resonate and ring as clear as a bell. I do not subscribe to the conventional. Not exactly sure why, but the thought of being married just doesn't fill me with joy. I suppose it's because I've never really found "the one." Well, I did; but there was too much baggage for me to want to contend with. I often feel as if I have a warrior spirit, and I need the same. Anything less is weak to me, and that I can't abide.

As always, you're amazing!

Linda Marie

[Bard Constantine]

Someone thought they got with Red Riding Hood, but instead faced the Big, Bad Wolf! Lol... I love it...

[Ed Hart]

i suppose you're entitled to a mood now and then; i can think of a couple i'd like to catch you in

[everything inbetween]

Wow, that's amazing. It's so full of inspiration and power. It's breath taking.

[.]

u r in a mood huh lol :)
really Selene~I Love This...
And those thorny Rose Gardens.
who needs all the prickly mendacity
of such things that draw crimson words
of ever sharpening delight...right?

"When my heart beats fierce with aboriginal links
And my strides are more of a stalk
So here I am admitting to every suitor
Crushed between the mantle of my bones"

Honestly poetess...:)
An intensely beautiful piece dearest~Wonderful!!!

;)

[Liza]

i adore the inspiration that ran thru you on this one; humans are not so far fetched from their animalistic basic needs - take away our shelter, food and pose a threat - the animals lies inside....

[No use.]

couldn't have said it better ~ :)
funny, some people really think you're just playing hard to get when you tell them to run lol i think ppl really want to be lied to.........it frustrates the hell out of me when i warn them and yet, they go hysteric when things aren't written in the normal fairy tale scripts they claim my eyes foreboded.