Tagged: surrender

on the journey to

on the journey to
as american as apple
pie
, we learn to yield
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: yield

at any given

at any given
moment, we are one
face, consumed
with the identity of
us, some using
it as a surrender,
others, a shield
.
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you drop anchor with

there is a level of

there is a level of
transparency
that surrenders
words –
you read my
skeleton like
no other
.
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there are moments of

there are moments of
seeing through

that means
yielding, but not
giving up,
accepting, but not
acquiescing,
surrender, but not
resignation.
when i really see
through your
vision, i am caving
in, half a swoon
away from humanity,
a gripping tenderness
.
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a bruised wish also

a bruised wish also
stirs in the
wind, echoes
with an etude
of a hundred seedlings

preparing to loosen
like stylish white
scarves, surrendering,
lost, studied
.
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in the morning, i wake to

in the morning, i wake to
find the window to my
heart
opened, crisp air
dancing
from atrium
to ventricle

like the very
best
mouthwash.

in return,
the current lifts
and pulls
out
a canopied
tongue, mourning
curtains, still
white
with surrender
.
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we do not speak

we do not speak
the same language
anymore. loss is
white, so is surrender –
we wave our flags
like loose
wails in the wind
.
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