Letting Go

I will let you go

yes I must

that is what I hear
that one must do
one must not cling
and hold on to love
for then it rots and stinks
and gives more pain
than pleasure
and so

I will let you go
I will get
the sharpest blade
a swift, sharp cut
is all it will take
to cut the cord
which ties me to you
I will do it
yes, I will
it will hurt
of course, it will
but that would be
a small price to pay
for freedom
yours and mine
freedom from
the waiting
the longing
the doubts
the agonies
the messiness
of love
you are the hole
in my heart
my life flows through
I will plug the hole
I will let you go
And yet
when I look
for you
to set you free
I find you
in every moment
of my wakefulness
in every single thought
that I conceive
I feel you run
with the blood
in my veins
I never knew when
I became you
and I wonder how
I can ever free
myself from
my own self ?

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