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by Adam McEldowney, 12/03/96

Let go I say
Don’t hold on
You don’t need it.
Now
Take a grasp
Make a fist
Hold on to it
Let it pulse through
Your body
Your veins
Take it to your heart
Smile
Show your teeth.
How does it feel?
Take a look
What do you see?
That’s what you are!
Become something new
Grab something else.
Open up your hand
Grab with both hands
Become two things at once
Feel the tension
Feel the power
Let go

You have the power
Pass it on
Let yourself be
What you are
Don’t hold it in
Scream
No don’t scream
Be gentle
like a flowing river
Snow reaching the ground in the Fall
Say a song and
Let it go
Like a bird that
Wants to fly south
It’ll come back
next season.
Wait for it.