Effective Bratting

Effective bratting
is an artform.

Knowing
how far to push
in order
to be pleasured
with pain.

Knowing
where the line is
between the attainment
of funishment
and true punishment.

Knowing
what rules are meant to be broken
and what rules must be obeyed
then
breaking them anyway.

For the look
for the connection
for the control
for the choice
for the domination
for the submission
for the taming of the will
and proving the inability to do so.

Effective bratting
is the embodiment
of the inherent contradiction
between submission
and freedom.

It is the playing of the game
against oneself.

It is a coy smile,
it is the knowing look.
It is words spoken through gritted teeth,
timed to the beat of a hand on flesh;

‘You may set the rules
but I get to choose
obedience
or fun

Consequences be damned.

Go ahead
punish me.

You know I’ll enjoy it.’

Effective bratting
is a challenge
to another
to somehow
control your chaos
long enough
to make you
choose
submission

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From Kink, Volume 3

true submission

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R18 + This piece is from my erotica and sex-positivity collection.

It is art, not advice.

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true submission
is never
commanded
requested
or taken

no
it is freely given
and then dutifully accepted
with care

true dominance
is never
threatening
coercing
or manipulating

no
it is an understanding
of what power
actually is

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This poem is from the book Kink, Volume 3