Letting Go

Piece by piece

The debris

The flotsam

Goes into the fire

A quick toss

And then the hungry flames

pounce

Flairing, roaring

Licking the needles off the branches

Quickly, crackling

And then more slowly

Eating away at the heart wood

Slowly consuming

And then with the power

Of self-made wind

Taking what was

And sending it skyward

Twisting

Sparkling smoke

Into the far reaches

Of the sky

Released

And free

Piece by piece

I feed the debris of my life

My failures

Relationships that were

But are no more

Hurts

fears

Slowly I feed them

Into the hot fire of divine love

Hoping

Believing that the fire of the Spirit

Can transform them

And send them skyward

Into the vast expanse

Of God’s love

Twirling freely

Sparkling smoke

release