Willing to Surrender

Good day, dear reader. Today is the first day of October in the year of our Lord 2018. This is a great day, for it means the beginning of OctPoWriMo. October Poetry Writing Month has been dear to me for a long time, and although my participation in it has been lacking the last couple years, it is time once again to embrace the challenge. My muse has been gone for a long time. I am hoping that this month will be a breakout month for me, and for my poetry.

Today's prompt is about surrender, and what it means to us. How do we define it? I dug into my past and glanced into my present. The result is my first poem of OctPoWriMo 2018. I hope you enjoy it.

Rod E. Kok
October 1, 2018

I used to open up

about how deep

I was sinking

into quicksand.

Open yet closed,

nobody really knew

me.

Demons were my lovers;

the succubus

held a flame

to my heart.

Willing to surrender,

I fought myself.

I hurt my body,

my soul…

Today I am different.

Weakness is still

my strength;

temptation still

holds my hand.

I recognize myself

in the mirror of

self-examination;

I reach out to me,

showing grace

where none is deserved.

Willing to surrender,

I forgive the old me.

I embrace myself,

and learn

to love.