Poetry often invites readers to look beyond the obvious. On the surface, Power Exchange explores attraction, tension, and the charged space that exists between two people. Beneath that, however, the poem asks a deeper question:
What happens when power is willingly given rather than taken?
The poem begins before any physical contact occurs. The focus is on breath, presence, silence, and anticipation. The connection is built through awareness rather than action. Every movement feels deliberate. Every pause carries weight.
This is important because the poem is not concerned with force.
It is concerned with choice.
Throughout the piece, control shifts back and forth between the two figures. Neither person fully possesses it. Instead, power becomes something shared, negotiated, and understood without the need for explanation.
The line:
“Power changed hands that night —
Hers into mine, mine into hers,”
Captures the central idea of the poem. Power is not fixed. It moves. It adapts. It exists in the space between two people who trust one another enough to become vulnerable.
The final stanza reveals the true heart of the poem.
“Control was never taken.
It was offered…”
This changes the meaning of everything that came before it.
The poem is not about dominance. It is not about surrender in the traditional sense. It is about trust so complete that someone is willing to place themselves in another person’s hands, believing that trust will be honoured.
For me, Power Exchange explores one of the most misunderstood aspects of human connection: the idea that vulnerability can be a form of strength.
We often think power belongs to the person leading. Yet sometimes the greatest power belongs to the person choosing to trust.
The poem exists in that space.
The moment where control is not seized but offered.
The moment where vulnerability and strength become impossible to separate.
Thank you for reading
Your DislexicPoet 🖤
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