Leopard

[summer_jackel]

You won't see her.
she is the dapples in the shade,
soft, grey-eyed and unmoving.
You walked past her all your life and never saw

until she dropped. All spangled black and gold
how couldn't you? She seems so obvious now
she is the world
her touch everything.
to feel her fluid leap, if only once
to smell her
her softness
her coiling strength
her single-minded need.

Beauty strikes with savage power
hope's claws curved and bloody.
Her fangs are sharp; she takes the brain case from behind
holds it just so
that complex thought, the fear and wanting
reduce to sweet nourishment
keen sensation
the joy of now.

Comments

[kynekh-amagire.livejournal.com]

I feel strongly that more poetry should include the phrase "brain case".

This is really sexy, for some reason. I'm bookmarking.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

I write a poem about how love is like getting your skull opened by a leopard, and you find it sexy. Good.

[corpsefairy.livejournal.com]

The leopard probably wouldn't want a Mi-Go brain case. Too much alien metal, not enough meat.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

This is true...ew, alien metal. On the other claw, maybe if you get through the tough packaging, the meat is really delicious and worth the trouble...you know, like lobster or artichoke hearts. Do we _know_ Mi-Go aren't tasty? Will we until we try?

Personally, I think they look like something that would be lovely boiled in its own carapace and dipped in melted butter. mmmmmmmmm.

[stoda.livejournal.com]

Yum.

And yes, no surprise I agree... very sexy, and sensual.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Leopards are gorgeous and love is scary, I think it works.

[synnabar.livejournal.com]

This was beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us. :)

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm really glad that you enjoyed it.