TOUCH THE SUN AND BE FREE

I am at hospital ... nothing to worry about. Will catch up soon x

 

“You will find that it is necessary to let things go; simply for the reason that they are heavy. So let them go, let go of them. I tie no weights to my ankles.”

 

― C. JoyBell C.

 

Soundtrack : www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxzdA60uDrU

DINGLY DELL - LINDISFARNE

 

Fading ideals and memories

hidden beneath the stack

of letters and photographs

piled so high; yellowing

on dusty shelves once painted black

now peeling and dimple-dinted

by hammers and glancing blows

like my heart has taken

what my soul already knows

that we can never get back those times

of sweet halcyon days

when endless rhymes

fell from my lips into your ears

you held me so tight and quelled my fears

but like back then and so like now

the memory of you still dries my tears

and I feel your presence throughout the years

but there's no real use in looking back

except as a reminder that once all was well

those days of laughter in Dingly Dell

the smudges of mud from our runs in the hills

collapsing and breathless and laughing like stills

from an old movie we watched on cold Winter nights

over and over until we could recite

each and every phrase word perfect to our delight

smiling eyes joined our souls and set passions alight

now all I have left are those memories

they keep me warm; those sweet histories

but that's alright as long as I know

that the struggle for you that ran deeper than snow

is no longer a struggle; no longer a blow

you found new horizons; new sunsets and sunrise

the pale yellow moon lights up all your highways

you travel alone without me by your side

tucked into your breast pocket a note where I lied

telling you I was ok and not to worry about me

I loved you so much; I let you fly free

I never much wanted a caged bird you see

I would never me happy; you would never feel free

that is what true love is

the ability to know

when it's the right thing to stay

or the right thing to go

and I know it's the right thing in letting you go

because I also feel freer and I hope that you know

it will never be over; this love that I have

but I no longer feel burdened and I rarely feel sad

we can live with the peace in our minds and our souls

and the space in our heart that's reserved for us all

to let new love in; like the cherry tree flowers

that fill up my senses and transform my hours

to days and then weeks; to months and then years

until finally I get it; there is no reason to fear

we all must let go before we get back

the love that we give; the freedom we lack

I hope you are thinking as I'm thinking of you

the love we created will serve someone new.

 

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