Surrendering

I surrender, dear lover,

I surrender to you and I

So much of my fate rests on your choices,

so I let go of control

                                                                  and hope

                                                                  this time

you’ll catch me.

I have faith we won’t repeat the same mistakes

If you chose me, you chose me

and if you lose me, you lose me;

but who would you be if you lost me

after I surrendered to you so gently;

so willingly?

Who 

would you be 

if you were the type of lady 

who could lose me?

Let me go

if you need to 

Let me go, if you can.

Just know, I will choose to stay.

Free me, if you don’t want a future with me,

but I may stay

until you’re ready.

Who do you want to be, love?

I surrender to every possibility.

Whatever you want

Whatever you need.

Still water, dear lover,

I long for still waters with you;

a peace that only seems to exist

if you are in my dreams.

A shared life is the one I want,

and everything inside of me screams

to share my life with you;

but,

if you don’t have the same dreams,

if this is not what you want or need,

then

let it end.

We will never play pretend. No, not you and I. 

We are made for what’s real; we never could tolerate the bullshit.

So, if it ends, it ends. And if it lasts, it lasts. 

But today, love lives. 

Yes, babe, today love still lives. 

This, I know. Today is not a performance or a show. Today is real. 

And today I surrendered to love. 

Take my head from shoulders,

Or

take my heart and keep it for a while;

whatever you want;

whatever you need.

I am surrendering to every possibility.

CH 6/24/26