Yield
your
Fruit,
just give it all away-
that which you came
here
to do,
to say.
Don that suit
with only your name on it.
Bring that song
you were crafted to sing.
Return to the dust
from whence you came
emptied
-with absolutely
no thing
left within.
Go home utterly spent-
’tis the only way
to live a life content.
Live
Life
Full.
Be
Here
Now.
For, one never knows
when,
how
The Plug
will be pulled.
Tomorrow,
the next breath,
never guaranteed-
from that illusion,
we must all
be freed.
Life is
precious,
precarious.
The human body,
fragile
as it is
miraculous.
Take
no thing,
no one
for granted.
Live
Life
Soft–
surrendered,
empathetic.
there It is:
The Bulge.
on full display;
i cannot seem to
look away,
to focus on the richness
of what he had come
to say.
on The Bulge,
my eyes linger
as my mind wanders:
what does it
look like,
feel like
when released
and fully unleashed?
how tall does it stand?
i imagine its feel
in my hands,
its taste in my mouth
when I’ve made my way down, South.
No!
Will not go nowhere
by going there.
I force my gaze,
my thoughts
way up, North.
we lock eyes-
yikes, I’ve been caught!
eyes, now shut,
i blush.
the heat,
the guilt,
the stench
of shame
rises,
takes a seat,
whispers
familiar recriminations
in my ears.
I just want to disappear!
The Bulge
brought
desperation,
longing,
latent sexuality
to the uncomfortable fore,
much too near…
here come the tears…
shedding-as always-
internally.
The beginning of another chapter,
a different reality, new memories;
a location change, a strange cast of characters
with names and behaviors to learn.
Outside of the comfort zone once again,
the choice to be made to not pretend.
Integrity does not allow one
to play small for very long.
Eventually, one gets woke-
the inside, who you really are
must be expressed,
and unto the world, spoke.
The time does come
when familiarity must succumb.
The price becomes much too high-
either begin anew or slowly die.
The new girl placed on an old block,
what will this journey unlock?
What new skin will it bring?
What songs will it allow
this Soul
to finally sing?
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