Our body has a way of knowing
when to let go.
It leaves as air
from our chest or gut.
It runs down our face
from eyes or nose.
It sloughs away slowly
from our scalp or skin.
It falls out
or must be cut.
The body releases
what it was never meant to hold.
The mind
keeps everything.
The spoken words
we cannot unsay.
The dark scenes
we cannot unsee.
The loud silence
we cannot unhear.
The permanent endings
we cannot undo.
That ache of loss and fear
we cannot unfeel.
These things hide
in flesh and bone,
in muscles
and joints.
They live in hidden places
inside us,
waiting for the moment
to rise again.
So if the body knows
how to release,
why doesn’t the heart
let the mind
let go?
With love, still becoming,
~amy