Letting Go


we fear letting go
of things long past
we know once released
the change will last

so we put it off
too final the change
for us to accept
our lives rearrange

ourselves we delude
and hope for awhile
reality and dreams
will soon reconcile

the chasm too wide
our hopes too thin
we hold to both sides
and soon we fall in

then take the plunge
the world spins madly
hit bottom soon after
look up sighing sadly

a new life to live
a new dream to find
a new goal to seek
of a different kind


(c)2001 by Robert H. Harrison