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It begins with a tragic sigh A sudden cool breeze Tortuous cold fog Leaving you unable to see After a while, you stare at the broken pieces Your shadow shattered on the floor Tears falling one by one You wait for someone to knock at the door Days pass by, while you sit and rot Too scared to open your eyes You keep the curtains closed You question, “Time flies?” But then on a very subtle day You shake your head and get up It starts with taking a deep breath Feeling that air in your body, down your lungs You walk to the kitchen, slow and steady And make some coffee for yourself Still confused but something lights up inside you You pick up and read the book buried on the shelf It seems like you have to start from the beginning Back from when you were just a kid Pushed into this cruel world to “live” Your whole life looks like a dark pyramid You no longer wait for that knock You stop longing for that one hug You give up on the idea of being “saved” So you ponder and let it go with a soft shrug Whatever meant the most to you Sounds like a stupid idea now All that grief you were holding within Seems like a television picture or a show And this is how you know This is the art of letting go
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Mar 4, 2025
Mar 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM UTC
The Art of Letting Go
It begins with a tragic sigh A sudden cool breeze Tortuous cold fog Leaving you unable to see After a while, you stare at the broken pieces Your shadow shattered on the floor Tears falling one by one You wait for someone to knock at the door Days pass by, while you sit and rot Too scared to open your eyes You keep the curtains closed You question, “Time flies?” But then on a very subtle day You shake your head and get up It starts with taking a deep breath Feeling that air in your body, down your lungs You walk to the kitchen, slow and steady And make some coffee for yourself Still confused but something lights up inside you You pick up and read the book buried on the shelf It seems like you have to start from the beginning Back from when you were just a kid Pushed into this cruel world to “live” Your whole life looks like a dark pyramid You no longer wait for that knock You stop longing for that one hug You give up on the idea of being “saved” So you ponder and let it go with a soft shrug Whatever meant the most to you Sounds like a stupid idea now All that grief you were holding within Seems like a television picture or a show And this is how you know This is the art of letting go
annie07
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Mar 4, 2025
Mar 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM UTC
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