white flag
have you ever fought a tide
or a wave
or swam upstream
or have you let the waters
carry you to shore
have you walked aimlessly
through the city
to end up exactly
where you needed to be
have you been touched without agenda
kissed without expectation
let your skin melt past
the thought of mere pleasure
and felt the universe explode
within your bones
have you walked away
from that which hurts
with no road ahead
and no need of one
have you let yourself
simply be
have you?
have i?