letting go
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trying to let go we hold
on to letting go too tightly
like living with a mythical
mind brace like limping
down the street with
gum on the soles of
summer sandals sticky
steps slow everything
holding on exposes
hesitation for the future
of desires and dismissals
acquitting years of why
and why not of loving
magic and dancing
like wild horses holding
onto the wind in an open
field alone without bridled
expectations we have
tried letting go of holding
onto us it has been years
since we were we and
spoke out loud about us
years since warm air kept
us cozy years since
you left our harmony
without closing the door
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Poem by Janet Cannon
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Previously published in
Poetry South
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS
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