A Poem on Releasing Emotional Weight
Sometimes the body carries stories that did not begin with us.
This morning’s reflection came through while thinking about the layers of grief and emotional weight so many of us move through quietly. If you’ve been doing your own unwinding work lately, this is for you.
From deep within my soul,
there’s a story to be told.
A lifetime of peeling back layers
of grief, of pain
that were not mine,
but lived within me all the same.
I carried the weight.
It made me strong in each step,
adding to my pack,
heavier with every deepened breath.
Until one day
I realized…
it wasn’t mine.
Releasing.
Undoing.
This became my time to shine.
Letting go of what no longer served me,
drawing in new breaths
of air, of life,
circulating fully within me.
Now I wake upon the ocean,
love surrounding and within.
I’m proud of that girl,
and honored by the path that’s been.- Audrey Cotter
If you are in your own season of release, you are not alone in it.
