She Let Go poem by Safire Rose
Have you heard or read the poem “She Let Go” by Reverend Safire Rose?
Early in therapy in 2019, after I had shared what was on my mind each session, Rose, the therapist, would often have a beautiful verse or a full poem she’d read aloud to me before finishing the session. I loved this one and found an audio version on YouTube so that after my morning meditation, I would play it out loud before moving on with my day.
Letting go is not easy, it takes conscious intent, and this one poem may be something that will help you today. ‘She Let Go’ are three words that I’ve found have been coming up for me this week. Christmas perhaps, I don’t know.
Enjoy!
She let go.
Without a thought or a word, she let go.
She let go of the fear.
She let go of the judgments.
She let go of the confluence of opinions swarming around her head.
She let go of the committee of indecision within her.
She let go of all the ‘right’ reasons.
Wholly and completely, without hesitation or worry, she just let go.
She didn’t ask anyone for advice.
She didn’t read a book on how to let go.
She didn’t search the scriptures.
She just let go.
She let go of all of the memories that held her back.
She let go of all of the anxiety that kept her from moving forward.
She let go of the planning and all of the calculations about how to do it just right.
She didn’t promise to let go.
She didn’t journal about it.
She didn’t write the projected date in her Day-Timer.
She made no public announcement and put no ad in the paper.
She didn’t check the weather report or read her daily horoscope.
She just let go.
She didn’t analyze whether she should let go.
She didn’t call her friends to discuss the matter.
She didn’t do a five-step Spiritual Mind Treatment.
She didn’t call the prayer line.
She didn’t utter one word.
She just let go.
No one was around when it happened.
There was no applause or congratulations.
No one thanked her or praised her.
No one noticed a thing.
Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.
There was no effort.
There was no struggle.
It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad.
It was what it was, and it is just that.
In the space of letting go, she let it all be.
A small smile came over her face.
A light breeze blew through her. And the sun and the moon shone forevermore…
Reverend Safire Rose visit her website: www.safire-rose.com
A printable A4 PDF copy of the poem is available for you here:
YouTube has a selection of audio versions of the poem. The one I found gentle to listen to following meditation is this one. Click this link to access the YouTube by Caroline Jordan.
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Shared with love,
Alice
