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You can take the breathe from my body. You can have my soul ripped open wide. You can have my mind, the wanderer it is. You can have this hand to hold. You can hold the very essence of my being in the palm of your hand. Do with me what you wish. I offer myself to you as nothing more or less than who I am. Down to my very core I am yours. Feel my heart beat in this box with your name upon its lid. Forever I will be a part of you, and you always a part of me. I lay here bare, naked. With wrists torn open bleeding for you. You are my soul, my heart outside my body. I give you all I am and ever will be without hesitation. You have won me. A war long fought. You turned a cold damaged soul into a bleeding heart. I give you all I am. Scars and all.

Copyright © Jennifer Salsman | Year Posted 2026


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Date: 9/17/2026 6:57:00 PM

A raw, courageous dramatic monologue, this poem’s prose-like free-verse form makes the speaker’s surrender feel immediate and unguarded. Its repeated offerings—body, soul, mind, heart, scars—build a powerful sense of total devotion, while the “war long fought” gives the ending emotional weight: love as both victory and vulnerability.

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