The Change (A personal prayer to let go)

By Ashrei (Ima Sari Wisenthal)

The Change (A personal prayer to let go) - AI generated art

Why is it so hard to let go of all that hurt?

Cycles of inaction,

The weight of all that care.

Let go of what you don't need,

You whispered this to me -

You said to tell others: “Let it go.”

To grow, to trust, to love -

You stormed inside my being,

Remember who you were,

Remember what you've seen.

A spirit from the past, joining in my prayer,

Joking all the time, how funny is that air.

Teach me what you can,

Then let me make my own mistakes, 

I know this is what's needed, yet I am stuck again.

To shed a life, to shed the dark, to shed the light there was,

The growing pains of all there is and ever was.

This life is for the suffering of all who see the power,

An eminent existence, one beside the other.

Unhook yourself,

I thought I was just the messenger.

Grow and shine with what you have - your opinion matters.

Was I the speaker or the listener? The givers or the receiver?

A mix of souls - which one am I - the view or the viewer? 

Let go, you say, let it flow, but let go of what?

Of my stream of thought or off with my life?

You can't grow from where you're standing - tucked away behind the crowd. 

You didn't wish to be up front, and maybe that is why,

There is no better time to start stepping into your light.

Own it, 

It isn't life that you need to control, 

It's your mind that can decide -

Control that state that opens up; let go of fear.

Control the breath of tension; so you can steer.

Control the switch, the refocus, the power you can bring,

And let G-d take care of all the rest.

Please, G-d, help me do this.

Please, G-d, remind my soul; it is the part I should not ignore. 

I will praise the path You open, rejoice in the love that You contain. 

Yet I need help, for I do not understand, how do I make this change? 

One step, another, and yet I;

Fall, feel stuck, so scared.

One step, please G-d, be by my side, my rod, my brace, my aim. 

I want to grow, to trust, to love, as Your right hand told me,

But it is You I need by my side, if not You, who will be my help?