surrender – Bryn Bamber

alligator

what are all these
amphibians
doing in my mind?

cold blooded

can I surrender to the temperature around me?

And I can’t let go of the fight
Can’t get the tense out of my body
Can’t surrender to the rhythm that is my life

The battle that is within
is expressed
ungracefully.

I end up hurting my neck.

flows
past my pant legs
flooding my feet
I am free

I dive in
floating on the surface
you hold my body
carry me away

and I can’t get stuck anymore

the water rushes
the water knows the way.

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I sit
looking out
at the lake

you’re there

I pause
hearts begin
to beat
in unison

spine lengthens
breath
rocks me
like the waves
rock
the small boat

rolling
rhythmic

I let go.

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raj
cedars by the creek
fir above the beach

I sit
and try to write to you

the waves lap against the shore
the rain drizzles
I try to write to you in french

escaping the rain
I climb under a tree
and crumple up one letter after another
not
quite
right

I close my eyes
lean back
and surrender
to my unwritingness

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