I fear
one day
I will be swallowed by
the things that threaten
to annihilate
and obliterate
the man
I’ve worked so hard
not to be
that in accomplishing my
intentions
I will be left
only
with the mistakes I’ve made
along the way
that in attempting to
achieve
something I will never be
I will become
just a shell
filled with good intentions
that I will
through misdirection
mislead another
and make their life
worse
in my attempts
to make it better
that in attaining
by accident alone
all that I strive
to become
I will lose the chance
to reach higher
never becoming
all that I may ever be
and in that dark place
a place I’ve come to know
too well
I find solace
if I reach for it in faith
comfort
in the depths
a peace that envelops
with the utterance of
a single word
spoken with firm conviction
“Surrender”
I am
exactly
who I am
meant to be
exactly where
I’m supposed to be
going exactly where I need to be
I close my eyes and let go
all will be well
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