Saturday, September 26, 2020

letting go of others

we cut our losses.
let
loose the line.
our hands
release
from the cliff 
we hang so desperately
to, and we
drop
freely
to the ground.
we are better for it.
unloading
the weight of others.
their
arms around
our neck,
taking us under,
to where
we'll surely drown.

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