be unmade

enact a surrender
 
your best efforts
may garner you an award
 
but guard yourself
 
every small expression
betrays you
 
the body refuses
to be mastered
 
what is this constant
relearning of “mastery”
 
i have no more flags
to raise
 
only the sign of a hand
a new magician’s subtle gestures
 
nothing remains hidden forever
 
every secret
is relentless