When I Let Go Poem by Romeo Della Valle

When I let go of you
I found myself wishing
For what I thought was
Right knowing the worst
Was finally behind and I
Paused for one moment
Realizing I'd been keeping
Myself out of the light!

I cannot choke life into
What was never meant
To live in my heart and
Soul, when all it ever did
Was break me up!

I looked closely inside
With the knowledge
I was on the wrong ride
With no handrails and
No seats left to keep me
In that place anymore!

I hear the stillness and
Serenity and see
The truth inside of me
Things can be different
The burdens are gone
Fighting every wrong
I emerge in a new existence
Relinquishing any bonds
Or ties to my shadowed past!

Romeo Della Valle
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