To set you free
By Petra Prensky
Thank you for being alive.
Thank you for having your unique struggles.
Thank you for teaching me to always come back to myself.
Thank you for the inadequacy I sometimes feel.
Thank you for freeing me from being your mate.
Thank you for daring to step out into the world.
Thank you for your companionship and dependability.
I set you free, not because I don’t need you anymore,
But because it is the best for both of us.
I set you free because that is real love.
I set you free because attachment creates burden.
I set you free because that is all I know to do.
I set you free so that we both have a chance to soar.
I set you free so that we can be friends.
I set you free so that we experience the spontaneous flow of life again.