This is the month of relationships: Valentine’s Day with all possible variations on love; the Feast of Feralia around February 21 when the ancient Romans honoured their ancestors, besides being Heart-and-Stroke Month and, this is neat, National Bird Feeding Month! Love can be dangerous, exhausting, fun, uplifting … a subject of endless exploration … here’s more …
DANGEROUS WAYS
taking the string I pull
and let it lead me into thorns
I push them aside with bare hands
feel the scrape scratch trickle of blood
follow the string straight in
to where the tiger
waits eyes half-closed
ready to open its mouth
and kiss me
first published in Ken*Again