Description

Just Let Go
pre-dawn

stars grow dimmer

darkness fades 

now

deep blue fades

into

the soft glow 

coming

coming 

coming
peeks out

first between the nook of 

Aldape Summit 

- little summit - 

between 

two other summits

diminuitive

yet chosen today

to be the place

where rising sun casts light 

into valley

onto valley

in a widening V
south sides 

of the mountains left behind 

in shadows
for now
meadowlarks and starlings 

sparrows and unknown birds

sing

chirp

call
someone 

is speaking to 

this 

heart
just let go
how many heartbeats have you

ever

had to 

think about?
how many breaths have 

you

controlled?
how hard did you work

and plan

and fret

to make me rise today?
look!
here 

i am

rising

breathing

beating

calling

chirping

singing
what is that 

thing

you are holding?
what is that 

thing

you are carrying?
what is that 

grasping and clasping 

of the hands?
what is that 

closing and protecting 

of the heart?
what is that 

fretting and ruminating 

of the mind?
perhaps i shall let 

you 

beat your heart?
perhaps i shall let 

you 

breathe your breath?
perhaps i shall let

you

give the birds their song?
perhaps i shall let 

you 

rise as a glowing orb

upon the world 

over

and 

over 

and 

over?
perhaps i shall 

remind 

you

to 

let

go?
let go

let go

let go

let go
did you not hear the song?
did you not see the darkness 

giving way

surrendering

accepting

releasing?
imagine a day 

when 

and 

where

you don’t have 

to beat 

your heart

and

breathe 

your breath

and give the birds their song

and rise upon this world
wait
that day is today
i rise 

to find 

this computer 

to type

what i have heard
such profundity!!
and as i make my way downstairs

to get it

and then back up

with it

i feel as if the perfect words

are already disappearing 

as quickly as the shadows 

on the south side of the mountains 

that are almost not shadows 

now

i sit down

and open this contraption

and it is a blank screen

staring at me
damn battery!
come on!
and i am trying to hold on

to the words

because they were so good
but here i am waiting 

and they are flowing by like

ripples on the river
damn!
i grow hot and try to 

hold 

on
until
i see my reflection in the blank screen
and it is laughing at me

because this is it!
the song!
right here 

in this moment of 

holding on

reminding me

of letting go
and i laugh

we laugh

and i can no longer see the blank screen

because my eyes are closed

and my face is raised to the east

and i am letting go

and i am letting go

and feeling with this glow

seeing with this glow

being with this glow