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Surrender #1The trees choose not push through cement walls, growing over, and around, till the walls cannot take it any more,cracking.The light flows in,and the building becomes a castle,a masterpiece for it's breaking. A friendship gambles on sunlight,wishing, and playing, swinging anddancing, untilthe storm hits,only to find two heartsinsideplaying cards. trading aces.A mountain does not dare to break it's explorers,holding strong, holding weight,never moving, only whispering.Yet bones break, and souls wiltforgetting that trust is binding,and strength is found in release. so the mountain sighslaughing at thosewho didn't read the rules. Surrender #2Perfection is not what I ask of youYou do not need to go through this lifewithout scars, without ever falling.Every tumble is a question for the worldmeeting the earth with your hands,and your worries,and your fears, and your bones.And what will you do if they break? You do not pretend to be concerned,because the repair must have been destinedlong before you stepped on the mountain,or in front of the mirror. Meanwhile, perfection keeps you frozento a memory of yesterday,because elegance last a minuteand becomes fractured by the future.Perfection is dying to know what progress feels likeand how mother nature talks to it's lover,perfection is scared of beauty,because beauty has surrenderedto the aching, the breaking,the learning,the hurting,the trying, the testing,the loving,and the imperfection.