The way of unconditional submission and acceptance is extremely difficult; ultimately, even we have started to shrink away from it.

In love or in life, unconditional acceptance—bowing one's head to every hardship without a whisper of complaint—is an agonizing burden. Here, the poet confesses with tender vulnerability that even their legendary endurance has finally cracked. When the most steadfast heart begins to quietly shrink away, it reveals just how crushing the demand for absolute surrender truly is.