Let Go

 “Hold on, hold on, hold on,” they said,

“You’re a dandelion in the breeze,

Look what the winds of change have done

to all these autumn leaves.”

 

“Hold on, hold on, hold on,

This big wide world is not for you,

Hold on for long enough

for the last gust to dance on through.”

 

So I held on, held on, held on,

They said that’s how you know you’re strong,

But not until I wilted

did I notice something wrong.

 

I thought holding on was bravery,

But when winds of change do blow,

Sometimes it’s even braver still

to let go, let go, let go.

Erin Hanson

in, Dreamscape - The Poetic Underground