let me

let the tears come.

let them wash out of me like a cleansing rain.

let the choking, breath taking moments of feelings as strong as steel grip me.

let them rock me like a child.

let me dwell in past times, good and bad.

let me feel the presence of the unknown, and be glad.

let me swell my chest with pride.

let the pain and fear and anger sit alongside the joy and celebration.

let them grow together like two vines among stones.

let them blossom with thorns and fragrance.

let me celebrate life; complicated, frightening, raging, quiet, colorful life.

let me be taken to my knees with the sweet and bitter of it.

let me.