Synopsis
An amazing production based on a story on a ballerina who has to embrace her fragility and corruption – by acting as both the white swan (who needs a lover to release her from a swan’s body), and the black swan (who steals her lover away).

In her everyday life, she behaves as a dutiful daughter who listens to her mother like a virginal child. Her evil twin kept hidden in the recesses of her unconsciousness, waiting for the chance to release itself.

Her strive for extreme perfectionism leads to her unwillingness to let go of her duality – for it contains pure lust and corruption.

After a night of drinks, her sultry twin betrays her, and she becomes a seductress – and her nemesis is born.

Towards the end, the black swan kills her – and releases itself – and perfection is achieved.

Reflection

On reflection, the inner struggles of our everyday lives is representative of the struggle she faces as the white and black swan. We have our angels and demons, our lust and passions, for good or evil. This duality is what makes this world complete. For without duality, there will not be black or white.

We constantly fight to retain our goodness and forsake our evil intentions. However, there is no such perfection – for good and evil lies within the same person. Likewise, an evil person will try to kill all the goodness in his soul to become truly evil – only to realise that he has compassion in his heart.

Personally, I struggle daily with my demons. The ability to feel deeply for others can be a blessing and curse. Sometimes its better not to know what lies in the deep end of the spectrum, for once contamination sets in – it is irreversible. I would rather be innocent and kind, but the world is not kind to the good hearted. And to win – is to be truly heartless.

Hence, like the character in the story, I have an evil twin. As much as I try to suppress it inside, it desires to be released, or she haunts my dreams and fills my hands with blood. In the most unexpected moments, she takes over my body and transcends into who I am.

Why hold yourself back, when you are meant what you are meant to be?

AVERRAL writes under pen name Scarlet Risqué. She stars in Scarlet Queen YouTube with over a million views. She holds a degree in business. The RED HOURGLASS is ranked Top 50 Espionage Thriller on Amazon. She is currently writing the sequels to the Hourglass Series. Grab a free copy of her novel now RED HOURGLASS on Amazon