Freedom From Failure

Like life support
unwilling
unable
to pull the plug
to flip the switch. 

The pain of nothing where there should be something, 
it's better. 

It's better than saying goodbye-
but keeping it alive is killing you. 

A life for a life, 
a fair trade in thought, 
but if you give your life, 
the other dies too. 

Flashes of conception
birthing pains.
You hold onto them
and wield the knife inside your own mind. 

Then
you realize
life includes living
and dying. 

Leaves of green 
will still all turn brown
next season
those are forgotten
in the eyes 
who see the new green. 

If everything stayed brown
would it be alive, 
or just hanging on? 

Is it growing,
yielding?

Or is it taking up space?

Is it delaying the new growth?
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How hard is it
to hold on?

How easy is it 
to let go?

Be kind.
Say bye. 
Let it go. 
Pull the plug. 
Flip the switch. 

It's not surrender. 
​It's freedom from failure. ​ 

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