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“Helping”

29 Feb

Sir is not feeling well ~ a cold, allergies ~ one of those kinds of things.

i want to help.  i want to take Him chicken soup, rub His feet, fluff His pillow.

Now understand that i’m not really very good at any of that sickbed stuff, and in fact, i get bored with it pretty quickly.  i mean, once you’ve fed, rubbed, and fluffed, what’s left?

But the urge to do it is strong today.

When i’m sick, i mostly prefer to be left alone, with little bits of attention from time to time.  But mostly i just want to sleep.

And actually, Sir seems to be pretty much that way too.  

But we’d planned to do something tonight.  

i’ve been particularly looking forward to it, partly because Thursday, i have to go to the funeral home.   It’s  the kind of funeral home thing where i’m close to the survivor and knew the deceased, and it was a sudden death, and i will need to stay a fairly long time, and i’m totally not looking forward to it, of course. .  Sir has offered to accompany me, which is sweet, and makes me feel good, but of course i don’t want him to spend several hours there, and He couldn’t take off work for it anyhow, which i’m going to do, so ~ yeah, i don’t know exactly what to plan.  We’ll see

In any case, tonight would be a pleasure, time for us.  

The munch is this Saturday, and i’d like to go to that, although we haven’t talked about it yet, but He’s usually good with that.  So then for sure i want alone time tonight.  And ~ and ~

~ of course if He’s sick, He’ll need ~~~ um, what?

You know, i want to jump up and down, wave my arms, and call out, “Let me help!! me!  me!!  Call on me!! i’ll be right over!” 

Yeah.  Probably not so helpful.

So i’m letting go.  i know that He knows i want to help.

Um, actually, i might have done the jumping up and down, waving my hand in the air thing last night.  Figuratively that is.

So i’ll back off.  Wait for Him tell me what He needs tonight.  That’s what helping is really about, right?

Sigh…

This is a symbolic sitting at His feet  and waiting for instructions.  i know that.  i get that.

It’s just not nearly as much fun as doing it for real, with all the sensual underpinning of leaning into Him, touching and stroking and…

ok, enough of that.  i can’t do those things, certainly not right now.

i will not email Him to tell Him i want to help.  i will not email Him to tell Him that i’m not going to tell Him how much i want to help.  

i have already sent Him my “good morning” email.  

i need to remember, this is not about me.  i don’t need to ask Him to reassure me that He’ll let me help if He wants me to.  i don’t need to give Him permission not to need help.  

This is not about me.

They also serve who only stand and wait.  

When Sir is Busy…

28 Jan

When Sir is busy with work, which He has been this week, and probably will be until April, i’m not sure how to be helpful.

He doesn’t ignore me, but of course His communication is briefer.   i’m ok with that.   And really, we are just now starting His busy season, so it’s hard to say what it’ll look like or how we’ll deal with it.

We had tentatively talked about doing something Thursday night, but He had to cancel because He was working late.  i’m hoping we’re still on for tonight ~ He has to work during the day, so there’s the possibility that He could have to work too late for us to see each other.  

i don’t know yet how we’ll handle this.  i like to think we’ll ease through it, that i’ll be understanding and supportive, that He’ll be present as much as He can, and it will all be smooth…  but i don’t know.

i know, there’s no point in borrowing trouble, and i’m not trying to anticipate problems.  Just wondering.

i think the hardest thing for me, in terms of submission, is recognizing that sometimes, less is more.    That sometimes,not being there, not offering, not serving, is what He may need.

i remember a scene in Slave Girl of Gor, which i read a hundred years ago.  It’s after her first day as a slave, and after she’s been thoroughly used sexually.  That night, they tie her in her tent.

She thinks at first that it’s to keep her from escaping, although there would be nowhere for her to go if she ran away.  Later, when she wakes up hot and horny and longing to be used again, she realizes she’s tied to her tent to keep her from waking up a Master, begging to be used again.

i think i know how she feels, although it is not just the sexuality part that calls me.  i want to offer, i want to be used in some way, i don’t really care how.

Little Monkey did an amazingly beautiful post here today.  If you haven’t read it yet, don’t miss it.  She totally captures the joy of being there, open, ready, and waiting.

That would be easier to do, i think, if i were actually there at His feet.  

i don’t think He’ll let me do that.  My best prediction of what  He’ll want when He’s busy is for me to entertain myself in my own life.

And i can do that.

But i don’t actually know what He will want.  i’m preparing for what i think of as “the worst” without knowing what He’ll want.  i need to remember that.

So i’ll wait ~ not naked, not at His feet, but with devotion that will let me respond to what He needs, not to what i want.  And in the meantime, i’ll go do my usual Saturday thing…

Not Exactly Give and Take…

3 Jan

Jake’s recent post on giving and taking ~ here ~ really caught my interest.  

i had a lot of feeling about it {probably due to some past stuff that got triggered, which really, you’d think i’d be over by now, only you know how that is, apparently i’m not quite.}   

i didn’t want to think about that now, i wanted to go on to the part where i emailed my Sir to ask Him to read the article and give me His thoughts on it.

But.

Damn it.  Apparently this is going to be one of those redemptive experiences where i have to remember what i felt back then first before i can move on.

Ok.  Here we go.

When i got married the first time, it was with the understanding that we were equals.  We both worked.  We both did housework.  We both took care of  his daughter.

Over time that changed.  At some point, i realized that he thought anything he did, other than paid employment, was above and beyond  his responsibility.    Everything else was my responsibility, and really kind of the least i could do.  

By those standards, he could never do too little, and i could never do enough.  He totally expected “extra credit” for anything he did around the house or with the kids.  My paid employment didn’t earn “credit,” even though we couldn’t have paid our bills without it, because it gave me less time to take care of him and the kids. 

And i did appreciate the things he did.  Not every little thing, but lots of things, and i was generous with praise.

Anyhow i don’t mean this to turn into a post about my first marriage, and i don’t mean to sound like a victim.  

i was telling Sir last night that i used to laugh about it; i’d say to my husband, “Yep, there’s 2 kinds of people in this world, givers and takers.  And you’re just a giver ~ you just give, give, give, and i’m just a taker ~ i just take, take, take.  That’s just how it is.”

i was totally being sarcastic.  i didn’t believe that for a minute.    

But i think that’s what i was thinking about when i read Jake’s post, so i was in a little mini-panic when i asked Sir what His thoughts were.  

Sir emailed back the following:

“First of all, I don’t see it as a taking , but rather “receiving”, such as in the giving and receiving of a gift, not the taking of a gift, or perhaps the receiving and giving of instructions, not taking of instructions. In the context of what appears to be taking, it can be seen rather as receiving the acceptance of the taking by the giving.  (The giving person accepts the taking by the other person… that acceptance is received by that other person, who is perceived as a taker)

I think the giving and receiving goes both ways in any relationship, but remember that a very wise man once said symmetry is not balance.   What determines the correct balance of giving/receiving between the individuals is a personal matter to be resolved within the back and forth of the relationship.  Passionate people do this passionately.  The D/s relationship provides a framework for the balance of giving/receiving to find its own dynamic.

The Dom is ultimately responsible for many things including safety and the overall tone of the setting, the Dom “gives” that care and acceptance of responsibility and the sub ” receives ” that and finds value in it. The sub reciprocally gives obedience and personal service, among other things, and the Dom “receives” that personal commitment and finds value in that. The giving and receiving is so integrated that it’s difficult to discern and assign those terms.  Persons of deep thought find multiple examples in every interaction.

In my mind, the Dom also mentors and provides emotional growth for the sub. While exploring personal horizons, the giving  and receiving become: sharing.

That’s my two cents…”

That relieved my mind and restored my perspective.  

i think {forgive me, Jake, if i’m wrong here} that what Jake was expressing is that being a Dom isn’t just about getting your own needs met.  It carries a real burden of responsibility.   i think that’s true no matter what your dynamic is ~ as true for  Omega and mouse as for Jake and Joy and Sir X and me.

From outside the lifestyle, it might look like the flow of “giving” is from sub to Dom, but that’s not accurate.  i think it’s a dance of giving and receiving.  

i had forgotten, before i got Sir’s response, that i wrote about giving and receiving from a vanilla perspective a while back.  i said, in part, something like this:

It’s like plugging in a light ~  the socket receives the prongs of the plug, and gives out a flow of electricity.  The prongs receive the electricity and pass it on.  Together, they create  a circuit of giving and receiving that turns on the light.

When i was married the first time, i wasn’t valued for who i was, and what i had to offer wasn’t found adequate or acceptable, no matter what i did.  That hurt me deeply.

i found ways to be ok anyhow.  But i still carry some of that anxiety that what i offer will never be quite enough ~ and don’t we all?  

Today, i feel less anxious than i did just a few days ago.  Thank you, Sir, for your wise and reassuring perspective.

And ~ this cracks me up ~ i just found a post i wrote  just about a year ago about giving.  Here it is…  laughing… from my own archives. 

Another Day, Another Kink

2 Jan

That’s really a bait and switch title.  It may be  a new year, but i’m still pretty much into the same ole kinks.

Obedience.  Being controlled.

Service.

A little pain… a little humiliation.

Rope.

Some public play ~ coming up soon at Winter Wickedness!!  

i’ve been thinking about “marks,” and how much i want Him to leave marks on me.  i took someone’s advice ~ maybe lil? ~ and asked Him to mark my breast with a hickey, and He has been doing that, which is nice.

Rope leaves marks for a while, which is its own kind of wonderful.

But then i was thinking how much harder/longer He might have to spank me to leave that kind of marks, and i kind of mentally shrugged.

i don’t know if that’s where we’re headed.  i don’t know if that’s where our kink, our D/s aspect, is leading us.  i think maybe not.

New Year’s Eve, He let me massage His body for the first time.   Starting with His back, and working my way over the rest of His body.

i had wanted to do that before, but have not been allowed to.  i don’t know why ~ i don’t need to know why.  He has His own ways and His plans, and my part of this is to follow His plan.  

It was a privilege to be allowed to caress Him the way i’ve longed to.  And it arouses me to think about it now.  His control, of Himself and of me, has tremendous power.

Anais Nin says:

“I do not want to be the leader. I refuse to be the leader. I want to live darkly and richly in my femaleness. I want a man lying over me, always over me. His will, his pleasure, his desire, his life, his work, his sexuality the touchstone, the command, my pivot. I don’t mind working, holding my ground intellectually, artistically; but as a woman, oh, God, as a woman I want to be dominated. I don’t mind being told to stand on my own feet, not to cling, be all that I am capable of doing, but I am going to be pursued, fucked, possessed by the will of a male at his time, his bidding.” 

and that resonates deeply with me.

i have the sense that He ~ Sir X ~ and i are going somewhere.  i don’t know where.  

Being allowed to serve Him is a privilege, whether it’s fixing dinner for Him, or giving Him a back rub.  i want to learn new and better ways to please Him, want that with a passion that surprises me.

This dynamic between Sir and me makes me think about Jake’s post on giving and taking.  If Sir allows me to give Him a back massage, and i see that as a privilege, then who is giving and who’s taking?

Laughing… i am still pondering all that.  Sir did respond to my question on His thoughts about it, and i’ll be back to that later.

Today, i’m pondering one of the things i learned at “Nia.”  They talk about being in a state of “RAW.”  

Relaxed

Alert

Waiting.

For sure, that’s where i am these days.  i can feel it in my body.

Linehan talks about it, meditating in a posture of relaxed alertness.  Sitting straight, belly and butt out ~ like the Buddha.  Eyes open, but gazing at a spot a few feet ahead of you.  Sitting straight as if there is a string running from the center of your body through the top of your head to the ceiling.

And i can feel it, the stillness, the waiting.  That is how i want to enter the New Year.

Pushme Pullyou???

1 Nov

Dauntless Vitality wrote a post called the Push Pull Paradox here.  

He talks about “brats” who push and act out to get correction.   This also serves to keep them closer to their Masters.  But then He went on to talk about those of us who don’t act out.

We withdraw instead.  

But, according to DV, the sub may “…even seemingly disguise her withdrawal as giving what she sees as needed space for her Dominant.”

And all kinds of whistles and bells went off in my head as i realized, “O, yeah, that’s me. That’s what i do.”

DV says: 

“She says she needs or is giving her Dominant space, but the reality is that she needs comfort, at least some slight control, some definition to their dynamic, some attention, support, love and reassurance.  She needs to know you are the strong man you have said you are.  She needs to know that you really are the Dominant she has come to accept, and that you will stand up and be that person when she needs it most.”

And i thought, O!  how does he know that???  i am always amazed when a Dom i don’t even know reads my mind.

Sheesh.

Of course, that’s what happened with me and Sir D, kinda sorta anyhow.  i pulled back and He let go.  i’m not saying i’m sorry it happened, as it turned out it was absolutely for the best.  But that is what happened, at least from my point of view.

The idea that i’m not supposed to pull back and give Him space is difficult for me.  It reminds me of the “pushme pullyou” of Dr. Doolittle fame.  An odd beast.

It just feels wrong to me.  Intriguing, but not quite right.

My experience says~~  if He withdraws, i withdraw, and He pursues.  i think that’s the dance of vanilla relationships, and i do it pretty well.

The rule underneath that pattern, for me, is:   If i need Him, if He knows i need HIm, He’ll leave, He won’t be there.  So i have to keep Him from thinking i need Him – or keep from needing Him.  

Either one will do, but not needing is safer.

Yes, i already know that D/s dynamics are different.  They’re about me being vulnerable, not about me being safe.  But it seems like this is asking an awful lot.

i’m not even sure i can do it.  Not withdraw if i think He’s withdrawing.

It might be easier to become a brat.  

Certainly, it would be more fun.   Well, at least it seems like it from here.

Needy, whiny, weak ~~ alone.  Those are all lumped together in my head.  DV seems to be saying that “needy”  {yes, cute needy} doesn’t belong in that mix.  Youall have tried to tell me that too.  

But the lessons we learn when we’re real young are deeply engrained, and so far my experience has supported that.  If i need Him, He probably won’t be there…

i’m going to send my Sir a link to DV’s post and see what He says.  

The Path of Service and Mastery

21 Sep

The third spiritual path of BDSM that Raven talks about is the Path of Service and Mastery.  There is so much here that speaks to me.  He says,

Service is about attitude, about learning to give yourself a good attitude about whatever you’re doing.  It’s about joyful service, not service done with”murmuring in the heart.”

This idea actually comes from the rule of the Benedictine monks, which describes how to be a good monk.  Raven says that Joshua studied this rule as part of his training, as part of his learning how he was going to serve.

i’m a little bit familiar with St. Benedict’s rule for his monks, so this was easy to imagine.  For example, the chapter  on obedience starts out:   

“The first degree of humility is obedience without delay.”

And how often do we talk about that?   Isn’t that often a basic expectation for the sub?  Further on in the chapter, Benedict says:

“But this very obedience
will be acceptable to God and pleasing to all
only if what is commanded is done
without hesitation, delay, lukewarmness, grumbling, or objection.”

There’s much, much more about the Path of Service, but i want to look at the Path of Mastery a minute.  Benedict says:

However, just as it is proper 
for the disciples to obey their master, 
so also it is his function 
to dispose all things with prudence and justice.

Raven says the Path of Mastery invovles motivation, that the Master scrutinizes every order He gives to be sure it comes from “a clean place.”  To be sure it’s not vengeful, petty or self-serving.

Of course it can be “self-serving” in the sense of being what the Master wants.   In the lifestyle, we agree that serving the Master’s wants is a reasonable goal.

But it needs to be “cleanly from there.”  So ~ without hidden agendas or secret motives.  

i think this means that the Master has to be very clear with himself or herself what he or she actually wants.  i think it takes tremendous strength of character to be this kind of Master.

Anyone who wants to call himself a Dom or a Master needs to have a certain level of integrity.  Needs to be able to control himself and act rationally.  But someone on this spriitual path is actively working to increase their ability to ~ as Raven says ~ act from the right motives ~ or from clear motives.

The example that comes to my mind is my ex-husband, not the first one, but the second (and last) one, who was {maybe} a Dom.  One of the last things he said to me was, “All those {kinky} things  we did?   I didn’t want to do them.  I just did them to please you.”

That’s the ultimate muddy motivation.  He’s whipping me with a riding crop without warm-up or after care strictly for my pleasure?   Then, um, don’t do it.  Please.  That wasn’t a necessary part of my kink ~ and he knew that.

In fact, he was lying.  Believe me, i know this.  i think he’d started telling that lie to himself because he couldn’t face his own sadistic part.

Ms. Constance says that it is often very difficult for a Dom or Master to recognize that there is a part of His “self” that enjoys inflicting pain on someone else.  That this maybe more difficult than accepting that i kinda like receiving pain.

That makes perfect sense to me.

In my mind, Master and slave, Dom and sub, are on parallel paths that criss-cross but are not the same.  So the Master is working on knowing and mastering himself as much as being Master to his slave.

The slave or sub is working on learning to obey, rather than to agree.  

Agreeing is what we do at first.  He gives me an order and i {quickly} decide if it’s something i’m willing to do.  If it is, then i do it.

When i learn to obey, i do it without weighing out whether it’s right or wrong.  Without that split second of deciding.  i just do it.

i think it’s perfectly reasonable to agree at first.  It takes tremendous trust to truly obey.  And ~i don’t think everyone who calls himself Sir or Master is worthy of being obeyed.

But agreeing is not obeying.  Obeying comes from a deeper place of trust.

Last night, i was hog-tied.  i agreed to it.

He had not told me to get my mat.  

He put the rope harness on me first, it wraps around my hips, between my legs, the rope pulled snug, and back up to my waist.

Then, “Lie down,” He says, “Face down on the wood floor.”

It’s a quick pause ~ can i do this?  will i do this?

Then yes, of course i do, and it looks quick, i think, but the pause is there.  And that’s ok.

Once i’m lying face down on the floor ~ and how odd that feels!  He ties my hands behind my back.  And then, attaching to the rope at my hips on the way, connects my hands to my feet.

After checking to make sure i’m comfortable, well, not comfortable, but ok, He tells me to take a little time to think about the fact that i’m hog-tied face down on a hard, wood floor.   To ponder what that means about my submission.

He turns away and i don’t know what He’s doing, but with my face down on the floor, i do as i’m told and think about what it means.

At first, i’m kind of wiggly.  It’s not very comfortable, and i’m squirming a little bit, which makes the rope running between my legs move, and that’s not all bad either.

But i think about what it means, that i’m lying here like this, how it feels in my body to be restrained this way, and as i do, my body grows still.  

i notice this, and feel myself relaxing into it.  

All of my body ~ my arms which had felt strained, my legs and hips, even my neck ~ relaxes into it.

It is that open, receptive feeling ~ that big  “ahhhhh, yes,”  of submission.

The next time He gives a command like that, there will be less agreeing and a little more of obeying.  It takes time ~ it should take time.  But He is moving me that way.

There’s more ~ much more ~ to say ~ tomorrow.  

Touch your nipples…yet another fantasy

7 Apr

“Come here,” He says.

Swiftly, i come; i stand in front of Him. 

i am wearing his flannel shirt.  The sleeves are rolled up.  It hangs almost to my knees, but it’s not buttoned.

My pillow is already on the floor in front of  Him. 

“Kneel,” He says.

With grace, i hope, i lower myself to my knees.  In my mind, i hear Master R saying “Posture.”

As i position myself, my knees are spread, my back is straight.  Hands on my thighs, palms up.  But ~

“The shirt,” He says, and His voice is a little stern.  i slip the shirt off in a quick shrug.  It slides off my shoulders easily and pools around me on the floor.

i bow my head slightly in acknowledgement, rest my hands on my thighs, wait for the next command.

As i wait, i am totally aware of Him in front of me.  His jeans, His feet, the belt at His waist – those parts of Him are directly in front of me.

i am totally aware of my body.  My breasts, longing to be touched, the nipples puckering, getting a little hard in the coolness of the room.

My mouth.  i lick my lips. i want to feel my tongue on Him, want to caress Him with my mouth. 

My hands ~ palms tingling, open, defenseless, offering.  i can almost feel His skin under my touch.

My pussy throbs, leaking, juices running, ready for Him to fill me if He chooses.

“Touch your nipples,” He says. 

i don’t want to – i want Him to touch me, i don’t want to touch myself, but a shiver runs through me just at His words, and i obey Him quickly.  It only take a second, one quick moment of hesitation, before my hands move to my nipples.  i stroke each one with a thumb, and ~

“Pinch,” He says.

And i don’t want to, but i do ~ i catch my nipple between the thumb and index finger, and i pinch.

“Harder,” He says.

i knew He would say that.  i do ~ i pinch them harder, til i make myself whimper, and He smiles.

“Release,” He says, and i breathe a sigh of relief.

i notice them then, beside the chair, i notice the flogger.  And the crop.  And the ~ is that the ~

“Eyes here,” He says, and i tear myself away from trying to see what’s lying under the flogger, turn my eyes to Him.

“Curious?” He asks.

“Yes, Master,” i admit.

He smiles, indulgent.  “You’ll find out soon enough.”

i position myself the way He likes, trying to project willingness, trying to offer.  My eyes, and my attention, are on Him.

“Listen,” He says, and i become even more in tune with Him.  “When I tell you to touch yourself,” He says, “I sense some hesitation.  As if you have to think about it first.”

i look down ~ embarrassed ~ yes, of course he would notice.  Sigh a little.  “Yes, Master,” i say.

He shakes His head.  “Look at me.  That’s not what I want.  When I tell you to touch yourself, I don’t want that to be a big deal.  I want you to do it as naturally as you would if the words were in your own head.”

He pauses.  i watch Him intently, listening. 

He goes on.  “When I say, ‘Touch your nipples,’ I want your hand to move as quickly as it would if it were your own idea.   Do you understand?”

“Yes, Master,” i say, and i mean it.

“Let’s practice,” He says.  “When I say it, i want you to touch your nipples immediately, as if it were your own idea.  Pinch them hard, as hard as you can stand, until I tell you to release.  Is that clear?”

“Yes, Master,” i say.

“Tell Me,” He says.  “What are you going to do?”

i don’t know why it’s hard to get the words out, or why the shiver runs through me, or why my pussy is throbbing…

i say, “When You tell me to touch my nipples, i’m going to do it quickly and smoothly, like it was my own idea.  i’m going to pinch them as hard as i can stand, until you say release.”

“Good girl,” He says, and i’m thrilled.   Eager.  i will do this the way He wants.

He leans over, picks up a ~

O, it’s a paint stirrer.  Hmmm.  

He taps each nipple with it, lightly, but it stings a little.  Smacks the side of each breast.

Ouch.

“Touch your nipples,” He says.

i am distracted, i was distracted, but i respond quickly, at least i think i do.  i pinch my nipples, pinching harder and harder, til i can’t restrain a moan.

He smacks my right breast with the paint stirrer.  i whimper. 

Then the left breast.

Ow, ow.

He alternates  sides – once, twice, three times, four, five – the pinching hurts too and i’m distracted by the stinging smacks.

O!  O!

And then, “Release,” He says, and i do.

He taps each nipple with the stick – i watch Him do it – they are already red and sore – O, ouch, ouch, i bite my lip.

“Touch your nipples,” He says,

 ~ and i do it, quickly, touching, pinching – pinching harder, harder – O – “Harder,” He says, “Unless you want Me to help,” which i don’t, so i pinch harder myself, whimpering ~ and he does that thing again with the paint stirrer, slapping each breast.. and i’m pinching as hard as i can and He says,

“Harder,”

~and i do – O!  O! and

“Release,” He says.

Whew, o, yes, o, my poor nipples are sore and red and swollen and ~

O!  He taps again with the paint stirrer, right on my nipples ~ O!

“Touch your nipples,” He says ~

and my hands fly up to touch them, i can’t obey Him quickly enough and i pinch ~

and i know now what’s coming ~ and it does ~ O ~ O ~ damn paint stirrer ~ pinching harder and harder while He smacks ~ til finally

“Release,” He says, and i do, but i know we’re not finished, and we’re not, “Touch your nipples,” He says…

Four times we do it, four times, and there are tears in my eyes the last time, but i don’t think that’s why He stops. 

He strokes my face, His hand on my cheek, His thumb caresses my lips.  i lean into Him, just the least bit.  “Good girl,” He says.  “Do you think you can do it the way i want next time?”

And the tears spill out, just a few, running down my face, “Yes, Master,” i say, “Yes, i can.”

“Good girl,” He says it again, and somehow that brings on more tears.  Not a lot, i’m not sobbing, just tears running down my face, and His hand catches them.

When they stop, He hands me a kleenex.  “Blow your nose,” He says.

i do.

When i have finished, “I want you to suck my cock,” He says.

i smile, i can’t help it, i’ve been wanting to do that all along.  To feel His cock in my mouth, to taste Him, lick him – o, yes.  “Yes , Master,” i say, and i feel so much joy.

“And,” He says, “I’m going to spank you while you’re sucking.  I want your ass stuck out where I can reach it.”

In my mind, i get a flash of that feeling, His cock filling my mouth, my ass thrust out, His hand landing on it ~ or ~

He leans over, beside the chair, beside the flogger, He picks up the crop and lays it in His lap.  Ok, i can take that.  Then, He leans again, under the flogger ~ it’s the risotto spoon.

O.

Yikes.

He raises his eyebrows.  “Is there a problem?”

i shake my head, “Noooooo.  No, Master, no problem.”  i know how much the spoon hurts.  

And i know He won’t harm me.

i smile.  Look up at Him.

“May i begin, Master?” i say.

 

 

 

Blog Drop?

21 Mar

After the excitement of writing a blog post that Master R liked yesterday – and really, if you’ve read His book, you know why that’s so thrilling – but after that there’s just a touch of blog-let-down today…

No idea what to write about.

Nothing exciting happening in my life – unless you count sunshine and temperature in the 70’s yesterday. That was pretty exciting, and i actually went for a couple of walks and did some yardwork – no, ‘Nilla, nothing involving rakes… laughing…

It’s the longing, you know. Like an itch i can’t quite reach. Aching to be touched. Spanked. Ordered.

i don’t want to dwell on it – there’s no point. It’s not happening today. Thinking about it makes it worse…

And not thinking about it makes it worse. If i don’t think about it, i can almost forget it exists. And then i start to feel ~

~ dead.

i start to feel that some part of me has died. And i guess it has, when i quit longing, aching, wanting.

So i try to find that space in my head. Try to make sure it – she – stays alive.

It is a place of humility. she is humble. And yet – it’s confusing. Not humble in a mundane sense, i don’t think.

i look up the word – no, not humble in the sense of modest and meek. Really, i’m not very meek. No, if i can pick and choose the definition – humble in the sense of

“expressing a spirit of submission.”

Ok, kind of a circular definition here, but that’s what it is.

Yes.

FS used to talk about “taking me down a notch.” That feeling – when i catch my breath, and my heart skips a beat, and maybe everything stops for a second because i’ve just slipped down into a submissive state.

And it’s not – it’s down into that state, but being there is edifying. Being there is not oppressive or “down” in the common sense – it lifts me up.

It’s hard to find that space by myself. Master R’s book can do it – take me there. But it leaves me longing.

Sigh.

And then i feel like an unmatched sock, like my true Master is crumpled in the bowels of the washing machine somewhere.

Laughing – ok, maybe not. But i don’t know where He is. And maybe the idea of my “true Master” is silly. But ~

MoR says – more than once – that i’m a Derby quality race horse, pretending to be a Shetland pony.

i say, “Nuh-uh,” and laugh, because it sounds unlikely, at best, and overly complimentary at least.

But.

It occurs to me finally that it’s probably true – and only half compliment.

If that were true – it almost makes sense. Cause you know, the race horse looks good on the track, and people may admire it, but not many people really want to own it.

i bet a lot more people have Shetland ponies. After all, they’re little and cute, the kids can ride them, they’re probably low maintenance.

Whereas frigging race horses ~ sure, they’re pretty and fast, and on a good day, they wins some races. And they’re a big investment in money and time, they need to be trained and handled, they’re likely to break down, get tempermental, and generally be a lot of trouble. i prefer to think i’m not like that. Really. But i might be a little…

So what’s my point? Is there a point here?

i’ve been reading HS’s blog – she inspires me to question all kinds of things. i wonder – what does my submission mean? What’s it about?

i think it’s not just about pleasing my Sir, even though that’s how it manifests. It’s about ~

No. i won’t go into it now, not today, when i don’t have enough time to explore it, play with it, look at it. But really, ultimately it’s about love. Not so much romantic, happily ever after love.

It’s ~ love, or the light, however you want to think about it, is inside each of us. The goal is to let it shine. So my submission ~ the light of my submission ~ adds to the light of my Dom. my light shine on Him, so His light shines more brightly, on me and on everyone around us.

And His light increases my light. And ~

~ between us, we will be glowing!

i know, i’ve talked about this before. But i need to remind myself ~ i belong to a Master who understands that it is not just a power exchange between the two of us.

A Master who gets that it is about creating energy ~ phallic energy, sexual energy, energy of the goddesses who channel themselves through me.

We’ll call on energy from the 4 directions:

East is where the sun rises. The eastern spirit of sun or fire brings warmth and light. It is the place of beginnings. Its light brings wisdom. It is the power of knowledge.

South is the sun at its highest point. It is the direction from where warm winds blow. South is the spirit of earth, the power of life. It represents peace and renewal.

West is the spirit of water. It is the direction from which darkness comes. It is the power of change, the place of dreams, introspection and the unknown. The west signifies purity and strength.

North is the spirit of wind. The cold wind blows from the north. It is the power of wisdom. Here we take time to reflect on what we began in the east, in the morning, in our youth.

And our light will shine.

Devoted

20 Mar

“Posture slaves!  The guests are arriving.”  All four slaves fall to their knees, with their palms up, open, and on their thighs.  All chins are up, with pride of position, all eyes are down, with proper humility.  slave legs are slightly spread, enough to be available, but not too vulgar.  Most important:  slaves are pumping out sex.”

That’s the opening paragraph of “A Safe Place, ” one chapter in  Master: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Master R.   Donna gave it to me , a while back,  and I think she’s probably surprised that i haven’t finished it yet.  Actually, i am too.

But.

When i read it, it shakes my world.  So i do a few chapters, and then i have to put it away.  

When i read about slave posture – it is my posture, the one i know in my heart.  Offering.

When he says “To offer is to crave,” i know what he means.  I know viscerally; instinctively, without words or reason.

Master R writes:

“slaves need posture.  It gives them something to do when otherwise they would think they had nothing to do.”  

i don’t know why i can feel that, it confuses me a little.  i haven’t experienced what he’s writing about.  But i know it.

He says:

“Posture, slaves!”  is one of my favorite basic commands, for it is an augury, a starting point, a promise.”

and it makes me long for a Dom who commands.  A Dom who understands that:

“slave in posture is slave being used.  That’s what slaves do best: be used.”

He is eloquent and arousing for me.   That speaks to me with some deep, primal truth.  My cunt throbs.

Then, in the chapter entitiled “Devotion:  The Disney Doms,” he talks about the new breed of Doms who haven’t paid their dues and learned the things that good Doms need to know.  He talks about slaves who think they can buy the SM experience from self-proclaimed Doms with little experience, or come by it quickly and easily. 

Understand, I can’t do what he says justice without quoting most of the chapter, and I can’t do that now.  But he says:

“The Disney dom world, for all its flash and fervor, lacks what is, perhaps, the most important part of life as an SM believer.  DEVOTION.”

And that resonates through me like a bell chiming.

Later, he says:

“Slaves learn, only through being devoted, what is most subtle and most fulfilling to their Dom.  In this process, a long one, they learn what is therfore most fulfilling to their slavesouls. SM is not a flighty subject.  If you fall to your knees too many times, for everything that looks yummy, you’ll end up with very sore knees and not much in your heart.  But if you practice Devotion, you will grow with your pursuit of happiness.  You will fulfill your promise to your Dom.”

Sigh.

i am a devoted kind of person.  When my kids were growing up, i was devoted to my family.  i don’t mean i gave them all my time and energy all the time, although some days i did for sure.

i also put energy into figuring out when i needed to take care of them and when i needed to step back and allow them to learn to do it themselves.  i learned to put energy into taking care of myself, so i could role-model that for them.

i was devoted to creating a family that would – in the great cliche – give them roots and give them wings.

When i used to wait tables?  i know, it sounds silly, but i tended to be devoted to my work place.   So sure, i’d work extra shifts, pick up extra tables, train new employees – whatever was needed.

And my first job as a therapist?  i couldn’t get enough of it.  i devoted all kinds of my time to it.  For the first ten years, when i wasn’t at work, i was reading about it, thinking about it, talking about it, probably way too much.  But it was the time for that.

Now – i still am devoted to my clients.  i’m not so devoted to the organization i work for.    And that’s ok.  My organization doesn’t need my devotion, and certainly wouldn’t be devoted to me in return.

But ~

~ i have devotion to offer. 

Having a devoted slave is work for that slave’s Master.  i know this.   It is not that the submissive gives and the Dom takes.

Master R says, of Doms:

“They know the depths and the paths of pursuit for this happiness.  They spend enormous amounts of time considering the needs of their submissives.”

When i read Donna’s description of her relationship with her Master/husband, Bill, i hear devotion on both sides.

When i look back at my relationships with Doms – with FS, with Sir D – they weren’t looking for devotion.  That’s not a criticism.  It’s just how it is.

i can still appreciate what we had, still hold each of them in my heart.  But they didn’t want what i have to offer.

{whispering}  i don’t think MoR does either.  i thought he did – all the hoops he made me jump through before and during our encounter – i think i thought that meant he wanted devotion.  Not in those words, cause i hadn’t read this part of  Master R yet, but in some sense, i thought he was seeking devotion.

And i could still be wrong – maybe he’ll decide he does want what i offer.  Or that i’m capable of offering what he wants.  But i don’t think it’s gonna happen.

And if he doesn’t want my devotion – that’s  not a criticism, not at all.  i think that MoR understands me, and is capable of being my Master.  That doesn’t mean he’s obliged to be, or even that it would be the best path for me in the long run.

But my sense of what i need is deeper today, maybe just because i have different words for it.  Maybe because reading Master R gives me hope that it exists.

 

An Ending

8 Jan

This blog has been my journal, my sounding board, my support, and my escape for months.  i write about my real life adventures, my thoughts, my fantasies, and my philosophy.  i write for myself first,  for my Sir second, and for my friends – all of you in the blogosphere – third.

Believe it or not – don’t laugh – i can be a very private person.  So when my life changes,  i share that carefully. 

But i got an e-mail from a blogger friend yesterday asking if something had happened with Sir D.   And since things have definitely changed – and i’ve alluded to it here – i guess now’s  a good time to say whatever i’m gonna say about it.

You know, because of him traveling, and me traveling, and some other things, we had not seen much of each other for a couple of months.   One day when we were together, he said something like, “You know, because of the phase my own life is in, I may not be able to give you the things you need in a relationship right now.”

And i said, “i know.  i know that.”

And i did.  i knew it from the beginning. 

i’ve laughed and said i was “Rebound Girl”   – and that was true!   Let me be clear – he is less than a year separated from a 30 year marriage.   He’s still married, although they aren’t living together.  (Yes, i’m sure they aren’t.)

They say when you get divorced, for every two years you were married, it takes a year to heal.  The numbers may not be exact, but i know it takes time to figure out who you are outside the relationship, before you can truly be ready for another relationship.  D’s entitled to that time and space. 

So i knew this, and if i sometimes fantasized that it could be different, i really knew better. 

i don’t have a lot of regrets about the time we spent together.   There are things i did with him, experiences he gave me,  that could not have happened with anyone else.   Memories i’ll always cherish. 

Which is NOT to say that this relationship didn’t come with it’s own measure of angst.  For sure, it did.  But between moving my mama to Hospice care and being laid up for a week, i’ve been able to slide into acceptance.

Acceptance.  That’s the last stage of grief, you know – denial – bargaining – anger – depression – acceptance.  When i get there with my clients, when we’re talking about it, they look at me like – well, like it’s Greek. 

“Acceptance?  That’s the last stage?”  They shake their heads.  “I don’t think I’ve ever gotten there.”  

But i can get there.  Acceptance. 

“The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.”
~~ Bob Marley

And this one:

“I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing.”
~~Anais Nin
 

In any case – i’m ok, although i am sorry that D hasn’t chosen to tell me good-bye  – not by a phone call, an e-mail, or a text.  i don’t know why, and i don’t guess it matters.  i’ve said good-bye. 

i don’t blame him – and i don’t blame myself.

{Smiling}

Cause ya know, i think he made a pretty good choice, picking me for “Rebound Girl.”    There are things he did with me, experiences i gave him, that could not have happened with anyone else.  i hope that someday he thinks of those times as memories to cherish.   

  So i’ll end this post with a blessing for him.  i didn’t know i was going to do this when i started out, and he’s probably not even reading the blog any more, but that’s ok.  Maybe i can make it a blessing for both of us, to send out into the universe as we go our separate ways.  

May the memory of the laughter

 and the pleasures we shared

stay with us.

May we carry what we learned

about our ourselves and other people

with us as we go into new relationships.

May our time together help us

care more deeply, love more fully,

and live with more joy every day,

forever and ever…

Amen