she offers me compassion
when others don't want her to
all I have to do is
give in and stop resisting
what she sees as the inevitable
we can never go back to what once was
too much water under
that bridge
you never step in the
same stream twice
yet we can still find solace in the water
soaking the pain from
our feet
all we need to do is for me to surrender
and I have already
needed to
desperate to give into her
if only to ease the
pain persistence brings
I'm uncertain what it is I resist in the first place
squiggling my toes to
feel the bottom this pit of quicksand
I just don't know how to do it
to give in
to give myself up
how to stop
how to nod in her
favor
I don't know how to
love and not get love back
if indeed this is Love
not really lost
she offers me a way
out
short of my having to
carry the cross
she offers me a chance to go on
if indeed I must be humble
even if I must look down from afar
at what I once saw
once touched
once tasted up close
it is not the same
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