To Live a Life of Flow and Fire
A creative nonfiction piece about the two elements that make up my personality, fire and water, and how I'm learning to balance and embrace the duo.
I’m starting to strike a balance between the ahi and the wai that lives inside of me.
I have always resonated with fire; naturally, as an Aries. Whether it was a spark from a match, or a raging house fire, I saw myself so deeply in the flames. A wildly passionate, smoking hot wildfire that seduced my lovers with a single whiff of smoke, as I burned down any obstacle that dared try to fuck with me. Āe, I still see myself in the flames to this day.
Engari, I’ve also always been a water baby. From the first time my ruthless mother chucked me in the swimming pool, I was hooked. I love pools, creeks, lakes, oceans, rivers, any form of water that I could immerse myself in completely. I just always thought well, I can’t be both fire and water when they’re two completely different elements. I have to pick one, nē? So, I stuck with fire as my purest identity, although my aroha for water has never faded and I hope it never will.
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