Giving In Poem by Alyce Crowley

I’m giving in
Or up.
I think it’s over for us now...
Knowing what I know
Having done,
What I did for you...
I think it’s over...
Time for the doll to go back to her shelter...
I’m not ready to be in love
To hold on
to fight for us.
I dance in the sunlight,
Trying to forget
What I knew to be
The only love I’ll ever know...
I’ve given in.
Or up,
It doesn’t matter now,
Like blood on the thorns
Of a dying rose,
I’ve filled my purpose and
Made you see,
The sexuality inside
I’m giving in
Or Up,
Depending on how you see it.