Poems of Surrender

 

 

By elle finn

 

 

Dependent

 

 

I have nourished you

As you took over my body

And grew into my life

From the inside out

Continually feeding on me

 

 

So trusting and vulnerable

Abandoning yourself to my care

As I surrender to your needs

 

 

Everything makes sense now

The moon linked cycles

The men in my life

The forces outside my control

 

 

I’m aware of my influence

My responsibility as a source of security

To a fragile being in an uncertain world

 

 

I wait patiently

For my mind to catch up

With my body

So I can nurture my soul

And help you to nurture yours

 

 

 

The Shadow People

 


We live in the shadows
That is where we work best
Behind veils, behind doors


We weave our webs
We spin our intrigue
We move in mysterious ways

 

We flutter our butterfly wings

Sometimes you see us

Sometimes you don’t

 


 Sometimes we show ourselves to the light
And shimmer and shine
For our appreciative audience


We are dazzling
With graceful movements and exotic costumes
Serving with a smile

 

We are the meek who inherited the earth
We are survivors
Part of the cockroach conspiracy


But look deep into our eyes
And see the desolation
We are not really here


We are spirits from the underworld
From the cold and the dark
From the shadows

 

 

Malleable

 

 

I imagine myself

As liquid gold

Flowing under your fingers

So easy to mould

 

I imagine myself

As an elastic band

Being stretched to my limits

At your Masterful hands

 

I imagine myself

As a lifelike doll

Easy to influence

Lead and control

 

I imagine myself

As a spinning top

Turning this way and that

Until directed to stop

 

I imagine myself

As modelling clay

A shape-changing toy

In the games that we play

 

I imagine myself

As a rubber ball

Curling up at your feet

Feeling humble and small

 

 

Geisha

 

 

Butterfly woman

Restrained in your finery

Trained to be pleasing

 

Your beautiful face

Picture painted, your dark hair

Disciplined with pins

 

Serene and demure

Elegant in slavery

Tamed and submissive

 

Femininity

Wrapped up in silk and heightened

On platform sandals

 

Do you feel fulfilled

Adored and admired or are

You empty inside

 

Your tiny footsteps

Modest laughter and sweet smile

Hide your suffering

 

You serve green tea and

Display accomplishments with

Humble servitude

 

I look up to you

And I see another world

And another me

 

 

Omega

 

 

I am omega

My mycelium creeps

Beneath the earth

 

Whatever you are

I am less

The bottom line

 

To deny it

Would be disservice

To my essence

 

I am inescapable

I seek acceptance

Despite your reserve

 

Like a fog

A mysterious virus

My influence spreads

 

I skim surfaces

And dig deep

Into your heart

 

You will know

I was here

When you see

 

My mushroom cloud

Secret Submission

 

 

There are dark places

Deep in my soul

Where I need to go

To make me feel whole

 

With my magical Master

I’ve travelled through space

Dived into oceans

Looked death in the face

 

Through my surrender

I’ve broken through fear

And the pathway to truth

Is now open and clear

 

I’ve seen through the anger

And pain of my past

With receptive acceptance

I’ve found peace at last

 

I wish my secret

Could see the sun

And its days in hiding

Were over and done

 

For there are dark places

Deep in my soul

Where I need to go

To make me feel whole

 

 

 

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