Too Far

Only those willing to risk going too far can find out how far they can go. ~ T.S. Elliot

You ask me to do this
but it's too large, too foreign,
I'm not comfortable there.
You say I'm ready to sponsor?
You've got to be insane. I can't!
You want me to speak?
To lead a workshop, to carry the key...
You ask too much of me I'm sure.

Too much of me...
more than I can do.
But you're not asking
that I be in charge,
that I find it manageable.
You ask me to show up,
to stand up, to surrender...

to surrender and see
just what "I" can do.