By Thomas Caterer
Love is letting go
In the act you know
You realise this
The possessive and jealous will deny this
They’ll reject this truth for as long as they remain
steeped in envy and continue clinging
They will deny it with their death rattles
as they expire kicking and screaming
In your pain or from empathy you pray
to whoever’s listening
Any god will do when you’re not proud
Love is empowering someone
so they don’t need you
Love is helping someone’s freedom grow
Love is letting go
Relinquish and then you know
We need to realise those that cage birds,
clip their wings
They don’t love
If they say they do
Know it’s false even if they
convince themselves they don’t know
Take away their blades and cages
Leave them with nothing
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