give me
the tender and the fire.
i want the angst and ache
and wild mess.
all of it broken open,
nothing less.
because there's just nothing else
that can disarm me like that.
it completely takes me apart…
a man's passion and
raw vulnerability,
the stretching of his heart walls
and all those flowers growing
from his chest.
– butterflies rising
‘give me the tender and the fire' is a poem by the author butterflies rising that can be found in her poetry book ‘she's flowers and fire'. The poem is also where her additional versions of the poem ‘all those flowers growing from your chest' and ‘angst and ache and wild mess', and her quote ‘the stretching of his heart walls' are derived from.
‘give me the tender and the fire. i want the angst and ache and wild mess. all of it broken open, nothing less.' – ‘she's flowers and fire' book cover and interior photos
‘give me the tender and the fire. i want the angst and ache and wild mess. all of it broken open, nothing less' – Natural wood book photo in ‘she's flowers and fire'
‘because there's just nothing else that can disarm me like that. it completely takes me apart… a man's passion and raw vulnerability' – Pretty aqua book photo in ‘she's flowers and fire'
‘give me the tender and the fire. i want the angst and ache and wild mess. all of it broken open, nothing less' – Bright pink book photo in ‘she's flowers and fire'
‘the stretching of his heart walls and all those flowers growing from his chest' – Text meme and book photo combo in ‘she's flowers and fire'
butterflies rising tweet of ‘give me the tender and the fire. i want the angst and ache and wild mess. all of it broken open, nothing less'
