Let Me Go

A lariat from the heavens

Grabs my neck and holds me back…

I get shackled to past memories,

Decades of closures that I lack.

I’m a prisoner of my past years;

Friends and loves I used to know…

I need to enjoy the future,

Y’all shut up and let me go.

Allow me a piece of tomorrow,

New places and friends to see…

If you refuse to lessen my burden,

At least share me or cut me free.