Let It Go

I listened to this song on Rob's compilation of David Wilcox favorites many times on my drive back to Abilene this morning.  Each time I listened, it became clearer and clearer that a song that Rob and I had listened to so many times together was now taking on a totally new meaning for me--a lovely musical tribute to grief's cycle of letting go and welcoming "next".  

I've truly needed every single day of these past two years to let our fifty years of love find and fill me again. And to think that there is more love to give because of it--well, that's a beautiful thing to consider and even look forward to. 

Ah, music...thank you!

Let It Go

I watched it sinking down
The treasure I'd almost found
Is gone

I had been holding on
So long
I had to let it go

I wagered my heart and soul
All of that weight in gold
And dreams

The one that I thought
I should be
I had to let it go

High above the broken
Opening I see
The light of love is spoken
Welcoming me

Now that I remember
How this love can be
Full of my surrender
Emptying

Into the deep blue sky
When it's my time to fly
Away

I can release this weight
Now I can let it go
Now I can let it go

All of this love I've saved
I get to let it go

~David Wilcox