Poem: Surrender

Surrender

You surrender
to fear,
to love,
to temptation,
to folly,
to the impulse to dance,
to the shyness always lurking within,
to your past,
to the taste of cold champagne,
to God,
to Satan,
to safety and walls.

You surrender
to lies, the ones you hear
and the ones you tell yourself,
to the charm of small children,
to the whirl of activity,
or the peace of introspection,
to the journey,
to choice,
to chaos and maelstroms of your own mind,
to the lure of power,
or the belief you have none.

You surrender,
and only you
decide
to what.

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My apologies. I had no photographs to illustrate surrender, so I am pictureless today.

Tom