Letting Go

• Tom Grabau, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2019

Never letting go, yet forever falling
Falling like raindrops through the night, they turn to embers on the page
Wandering through a forest of sleeping shadow, seeking light amid the dark
Whispering secrets to the wind, among trees of ancient yew
Sinking through waterfalls of gentle sun under leaves of red and gold
Light a candle of mist and dance into the twilight sky
Taste the wonder of glittering gems, sparkling in caverns below
And run free, forever free
Like the winds, flowing through worlds of soaring dust
Like the waves, swirling through the oceans of time
Calming like the silence of a frozen lake and trickle of a moonlit stream
Blazing like the gleam of emerald fires and the spark of a gathering storm
Solemn as the winds, singing songs from a thousand years ago
And warm as a joyous family hearth on a cold lonely night
Walk the fading paths out into the waking dawn and find happiness, just by
Forever letting go, yet never falling