PurpleBookDragon

We walk side by side Our fingers laced together In love we are one ~ Curled up with you No other place I want to be Love is forever

You thought that you had the stronger hand That I would break and crumble into sand Perhaps you thought you were a mighty beast And I easy prey, upon which to feast Yet all of your roaring was only noise Crying and whining done by little boys Your claws and fangs are dull and blunted The mighty hunter became the hunted With one snarl you became paralyzed And too late your mistake was realized You can do nothing but stand in place As claws rake across your fear stricken face The next time you think to challenge me Recall I drew your blood and made you flee You left with your life because I let you I could have killed you if I wanted too B

The scarred and battleweary tiger stares Her piercing, golden eyes narrow and glares She issues a silent challenge for all Be warned, for under these claws you will fall Standing boldly, she wears her scars with pride Badges of honor etched into her hide They show all the times they tried to hurt her Yet she always rose again to conquor Prowling with claws unsheathed, she stalks the night Her spirit is unbroken, strong, and bright A jagged scar burns deeper than the rest She invited peace to quell her distress Forgiveness does not mean to forget To these eyes, he will always be a threat No longer will this tiger run in fright With fang

The black night is peaceful and calm But my heart is a ticking bomb My eyes are searching And my ears are listening My body is poised and still Grounded by a cold chill All around me I feel death I can’t seem to draw a breath Everything is quiet and serene This sudden panic unforeseen Yet a part of me perceived danger To me this anxiety is no stranger Today I have no fangs and no claws No stripes or intimidating paws The tiger nowhere to be found She is gone without a sound A trembling rabbit sits in her place With terror written on her face Cannot fight; her only option is to flee I will run from everything around me

Frantic eyes scan my surroundings, never ceasing My thoughts are racing and anxiety increasing Watchful, and vigilant, I pace back and forth I survey the west, east, south, and the north My mind says that I am safe; nothing here will harm me My muscles are tense, ready for any attack I see My eyes show me haunting memories of that night My body aches and remembers how it chose to fight But my voice of reason is small and powerless As this tiger paces and watches nonetheless Sharp claws and piercing fangs wait to defend Against imagined threats that will never end There is nothing here to hurt me, but I cannot settle How I long for someone

I meet my own eyes as I stand in front of my mirror I am looking for something but I am no more nearer My clothes lay in a crumpled heap off to the side This way I can see everything with nowhere to hide No matter, since I cannot see what I am looking for I begin to long for an escape through the cellar door There is blackened smut that has latched upon my soul My spirit is broken, there is no way to become whole I cannot see the part of me that has been broken I see my younger self, suffering but soft spoken Her words have become silent and lost to me I am broken but I cannot fix what I cannot see I dress once again with false comf