All the hurt, all the pain,
all those unspoken bruises
let them go.
Bundle up those stalks,
the ones that cut so deep
with their thorns sharper than the farmer’s scythe.
Tie them up into a heap so tight that they have no room to breathe
and fling them so far away that your eyes can’t catch sight of where they fall.
Take every ounce of betrayal and every pound of hurt,
toss them together with the gut-wrenching gasps of self-pity and hurl it all into the ocean.
Watch with a quiet sense of pride as the waves swallow the grief.
Let it all go!
Let it fly,
Let it fall on the darkest side of the farthest hill.
Hold only that which matters the most-
the potion of love, tempered with compassion and empathy, enough to destroy
a thousand coffers of sadness.
With that one magic mixture, you have within you the greatest gift of all-
Forgiveness.
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Linking this to Mel’s Microblog Mondays #41
Letting Go, I have struggled and struggled with this so much. The more I struggled the harder it got to break free. That is when I realised that I need to let it happen rather than make it happen, and things just worked out from there. Have I gotten over things completely, maybe not yet but I sure am getting there. Lovely lovely words 🙂
That’s the closure everyone looks for, but its so hard to find or rather it’s hard to go and seek it, letting go of the insecurities.
It comes with practice and perseverance, I find 🙂
OMG. Loved it! Loved it! Loved it!.. Your every word is so powerful. I have been reading your posts from some time and i say are gifted shailaja madam. U inspire me!
Please drop by when you find time and give away your thoughts and suggestions as i am taking baby steps in the journey of blogging.
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Thank you so much, Rashmi! What a lovely thing to hear 🙂 I promise to drop by your blog some time soon. <3
Beautiful. I especially loved: “fling them so far away that your eyes can’t catch sight of where they fall.”
Thanks Mel 🙂
I agree with Sid, though completely desirable, it is really difficult to let go when they keep popping up on and off. Even otherwise, I think healing is a process. One needs to go through the stages like hurt, denial, anger, frustration, grief and so on till acceptance and letting go happens.
All change comes at a cost. I needed six months to get over one episode and the minute I realised that and stopped forcing it , it happened naturally. Now I am free and happily so 🙂
Reminded me of the song from Frozen – Let it go! If only we could remember to let go of so much in life.
Beautiful as always! 🙂
It’s a process and comes with time, Deboshree 🙂 It took me over six months with one particular situation but am finally able to do it 🙂 Thank you 🙂
Only a writer/poet could express even this sentiment so beautifully :). Let go and be at peace with the decision, Shailaja.
It’s a decision that most of us need to take, Aparna. But, a decision we must take when we are ready and we must do it on our own. Thank you <3
Lovely!
Thank you my dear 🙂
Quite easy to say ‘to let it go’, but equally hard to do so. Because unlike a couple of decades ago, if you wanted to move away from things or people who hurt you, it was easy – the connection was physical. But today’s social media ‘connection’ and ‘interlinked friends’ make sure that their faces pop in at least once in a while.
Great choice of words, Shailaja. I hope this means closure.
It’s a process Sid 🙂 yes, it’s harder and way more than what we bargained for, but hey, that’s the challenge and you know I am always up for a challenge 😉 Thanks for the kind words.
It is indeed the greatest gift… Beautiful writing…
Michael
Thank you Michael 🙂