October 23, 2022

letting go

letting go

like the trees
it is time for me
to let go
of the child
broken, haunted by old ghosts
lingering poison

to wake up
get over myself
dance naked 
in the breeze
less green but open-hearted
wild, brilliant joy

to heal
the trees will show me
the way home
their secret
all must die a bit each day
to live…let go…breathe

~kat

I have grown quite sick of myself…the wallowing in past wrongs, unresolved issues, the self-loathing practice of sabotaging myself time and again because…what if? I’m sorry, if you know me well, for dragging you along with me through the muck. Enough already. Maybe it’s the tug of the looming new moon, but I’m over being a victim. This moment, right here, right now I am determined to be a tree. The dead leaves I’ve clung to for so long serve me no purpose but to stifle me from fully embracing the coming spring. New beginnings happen every season. But you have to let go to taste them! 

A trio of Shadormas 3/5/3/3/7/5 a la Magnetic Poetry Online (The Poet’s Kit).

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8 responses to “letting go”

Peter's pondering
October 23rd, 2022 at 11:46 am

I should wait for the warmer weather before the dancing naked bit!

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- Kat Myrman
  October 23rd, 2022 at 12:02 pm
  
  Oh where’s the fun in that!?🤪
  
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Sadje
October 23rd, 2022 at 12:24 pm

Letting go can be both difficult and liberating.

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willowdot21
October 23rd, 2022 at 2:05 pm

Beautiful Kat …you bring to mind two songs .
Just for you.
You have to be Brave

And to help you taste the season

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~just a thought
October 23rd, 2022 at 5:55 pm

I read this with ‘wind chimes’ tinkling, such a melodious sense of introspection from the poem and image together

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- Kat Myrman
  October 23rd, 2022 at 5:57 pm
  
  What an awesome idea…reading with wind chimes. Thank you for sharing. 😊
  
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Anonymous
October 23rd, 2022 at 9:06 pm

Oh my goodness, my darling. I am right there with you. Literally. Every word. Thank you. I love you and I am with you. We are walking each other Home.

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- Kat Myrman
  October 23rd, 2022 at 9:14 pm
  
  Thank you so much! And much love to you too! 🥰
  
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