Today's prompt at the Poetic Asides is to write a "quit doing what I am doing" poem. As usual, I will also be posting this at Writers Island.
Letting Go
I need to let go,unclench my fingers
clinging on to the exposed
under-roots on the river bank.
I need to drift like
a bright yellow leaf
and explore the curves
and dips of the stream
I need to bounce off
of the boulders,
rub shoulders with flotsam
and negotiate bits of
left over debris from
old broken boats
I need to feel the sun
on my face, to battle
the rain that tries to drown me.
I need to quit holding on
to the tail ends of old
experiences.
I need to take the plunge.
I need to live again.
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