Resigned

It doesn’t take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.

– J.C. Watts

Each memory, regret, a stone of grief

small by itself, but piled upon my back

became a burden, overloaded

sack of unforgiveness.

I was strong, I bore it all,

so easy to hang on.

The only one I hurt was me.

I had to lay it down,

and breathe the freedom of less weight

in peaceful resignation.

response to:

https://alwayswrite.blog/2024/08/14/wq-180-change-inspires-us-to-live-without-blaming-others/

and Day 14 challenge, peaceful resignation, in the Garden of Neuro Institute Poetry Circle

published in Substack:

https://open.substack.com/pub/nolcha/p/mind-twist-thursday-81524?r=xwogn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true