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LETTING GO



Letting go and moving on, it seems a worthy goal,

I’m told when I release the pain, I finally will be whole,

And yet my fear is when it’s gone, my soul will have a hole,

At times it seems more reasonable for me to keep control.



The pain it hurts and yet it is a pattern that I know,

To let it go will seem some ways like watching a friend go,

It’s like a wound that’s open, one that weeps and seems to grow

Unhealthy? Yes, I’m sure it is, but still it’s what I know.



When life has been a buffeting, that seems to carry on,

To think of letting go is sweet, but bitter-sweet upon,

Reflecting on what’s been the past, it still is my soul’s song,

A pain that’s been is sometimes dearer than a joy unknown.



It’s fear that holds me in its grip, I know this to be so,

And fear will reign until I find the strength to let it go,

I need the hope that when I do, that peace will fill the hole,

Come God and touch my heart today, make me human, sane and whole.



© 1998 Bart Breen