Surrender



Reached the bottom

Nowhere further to dig

          Powerless

 

Had no answers

Something beyond  "I"

The answers are to big

        Believe

 

Release this bondage of self

Relinquish control to life's gig

      Turn it over

 

Past's dark doors opened

With the courage to face

What demons that may trig

     Fearless inventory

 

In the presence of the trilogy

Purge your dirty laundry

Freeing yourself of burdens

     Admitted wrongs

 

Come a point

Where these shackles

You no longer need

    Ready to remove

 

At foot of bed

Bend down and plead

To that beyond the "I"

To remove all that makes you bleed

     Humbly ask

 

Gather the names of those

Caught in your wake

    Made a list

 

To them give back

What wasn't yours to take

       Atone

 

With burden shed

Self removed

Feel the peace that you've never knew

     Conscious contact

 

With gift in hand

Tale in tow

Go and share all you know

      Carry the message

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Submitted by 12StepBuddhist on August 15, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme X A X B A X A X X X A C C X X X D X E D B D X F X X F E X X G G X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 885
Words 154
Stanzas 33
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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