How to Surrender

Candice Lynne Fox
a Few Words
Published in
Jan 25, 2021

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Photo by dusan jovic on Unsplash

I am incubating in my own skin

Learning how to lean in

To resistance

Taking my own reticence

As a hint to push beyond

My make-believe boundaries

To trust that teachable moments

Await me

Outside my comfort zone

Complacency has never been

The cure for me

Though an alluring temptress

It threatens to seduce me constantly

A constriction in my throat

A contraction in my gut

Surrendering is key

To see what lies outside

Of what I know

And it’s so futile

To only dip one toe

The water awaits

To be penetrated by

My entire being.

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Candice Lynne Fox
a Few Words

NYC dwelling. Writer for Invisible Illness, The Ascent, Scribe. Lover of personal essays, poetry, nonfiction, and gnitty-gritty realness.