surrender to stand (with auDio)

i surrender only to what's best for me

I refuse to kneel to what I feel

I will choose to deal with what is real

my surrender doesn’t require weakness

a contender doesn’t desire meekness

seek this?

no, I will rise a force

need this?

yes, I surprise the source

of my fortitude

things I sort of do

become things I need to do

become things I see are true

I’m not weak, I’m strong

I’m not meek, I’ve drawn

a line in the sand and crossed it

each rhyme in this span I’ve brought it

my mind has a plan I’ve plotted

each line in the sand has caused it

deposits one grain at a time

I’ve caught it, each pain is a sign

I’m alive, I’ve survvied

I can thrive, I can fly

over the shit that anchors me

shoulder the bit that angers me

I’m hankering for more in this life

endangering my core as I write

but living without risk is pointless

and letting the doubt twist can void us

I see me openly

I see the hope in me

I will surrender, but I won’t kneel

I do remember what it’s like to feel

cold and alone, cold in a zone

where my hope is unknown

I surrender

only to what’s best for me

I surrender

only to my life’s recipe

of who I will be

who I can be

and I will surrender

only to stand for me.

d.

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