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COLLARING THE CAT
by
H. E. SMITH
_She stands, proud, strong, nude but for the collar
around her neck. Her mistress yanks the leash, pulling
her ahead. Her hair falls forward, shrouding lowered
eyes. "Come, pet," her mistress says, leading her
towards an X-frame, her intent obvious to everyone
..._
Why in the world would anyone want to be shown off as
"pet" in public? Why would anyone want to give someone
else that kind of power over them? Why would anyone
want to be submissive? After all, isn't that ...
_demeaning?_
Speaking as someone who's been submissive in more than
one relationship, no, it's not.
People are often confused, wondering how someone could
possibly give up their power. Isn't that ... akin to
slavery?
While there are certainly D/s (Dominant/submissive)
relationships which function as master/slave ...
that's not my personal preference. I could not
function in that sort of arrangement, as it involves
the submissive giving the dominant complete power.
Yes, there's more than one style of D/s. Rather,
there's quite a few. The one I prefer is "owner/pet."
I like to think of the submissive as a cat.
She is strong. She is beautiful. She is confident. She
is proud. She hasn't been broken. She has the power of
a fierce lioness coiled within her. She gives nothing
away she does not wish to give.
A cat stays with its owner not because it _has_ to,
but because it _wants_ to. The cat has _choice._ If
she gives up control of choice to her owner ... it's
still a choice she's made.
Ownership is illusion, just as it is for the cat. She
may wear her owner's collar, but she stays because she
is getting something out of it. She stays because she
loves, because she wants to be there, and because she
is loved and wanted in return.
When she is no longer wanted, if she is abused, or if
she decides that, for whatever reason, the current
arrangement is not suited to her ... she will walk,
for she is still the cat who walks by herself and all
places are alike to her.
But for her to be able to give what she does to
someone else in the first place ... she has to be able
to trust them. It's not about degradation. It's about
love. Trust. Compassion.
It's incredibly freeing to be able to give up that
control to someone else, as well as erotic. There's
nothing else quite like holding yourself out to your
lover and saying, "I'm yours. Do what you will with
me."
What do I get out of being submissive? For me ...
being able to trust someone that much is imperative.
If I didn't trust, I wouldn't bare myself, body,
heart, and soul, and let her have her way with me.
It's trust. It's not entrapment, nor is it due to any
lack of self esteem. It's choice. And it's mine to
make.
_The girl comes down from the frame. Her mistress
leads her away, to a nearby couch. They sit. The
mistress holds her, cuddling her, petting the sleek,
proud, beautiful cat who wears her collar ..._
H. E. Smith
ecstasyblack@yahoo.com
mistressnonny@yahoo.com
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