015 | on submission
from an outside perspective
it is giving up control
someone held down
too weak, maybe,
to know what they want
from an outside perspective
it might be
disturbing
seeing someone
seemingly
lose all
their dignity
seeing someone
give up
on themselves
shamelessly, ferally, carnally
the outside perspective
sees welts on flushed skin
hears pleas
for more or mercy
watches games they think deranged
but
being held down
is being held open
being controlled
is being seen in my rawness
and still chosen
in yielding
i offer my mind,
my ache, my need,
i offer
so much more than skin
and i trust
to be rebuilt
where you see collapse
i feel becoming
where you expect ruin
i know rebirth
being held down
is being held open
being held fully