what can i give up?

what can i give up now?
what can i throw out of the window
to keep the jet aloft?

ideas of who i am,
insecurities
dreams
hopes

one by one i'm tossing them all out
till i am stark naked with the truth

of what use am i, while i still dream
of what i can be, and what i can achieve
and what i can have

of what use am i,
thinking vainly that you can save me
or i save you

give it up, give it up, give it up
all of it, still i try to negotiate
to keep one little piece of turf
to call my own, to call me

give it up give it up give it up

i want so desperately to be a true friend
get past my indulgences and weaknesses
but i can't bypass anything

see it, feel it, hold in my heart
and let it all dissolve on it's own

i have to give it up, truly give it all up
and make no deals to keep anything
for my self,

just giving it all up
giving myself up
and embracing the nothing
that is
left.
so that
i can be
the peace
and love
i know

arises
after throwing all the rest

away.