I walked for nearly an hour

Through rocky hills and

Water flattened sand

Just to get to the place

Where we sprinkled you

Into the wild.

I haven’t been back

Until this day,

My soul urging me

To pay you a visit,

To release you

From the cage in

My heart I keep

You tucked up under.

There is freedom

In letting go.

Souls bond deeper

When there is space

Enough to fly independent

Of one another.

And so I did.

I opened the gate to

My heart and let you go,

As if a dove with rested wings

Kissing air for the first time.

A sigh left my throat.

A weight crumbled from

My back and I felt

Your smile in the

Marrow of my bones.

I knelt down and drew

A line in the sand.

And as I stepped from

One side to the other,

I knew I would never

Be the same and this time,

It is only for the better.

Now, we fly free together.

You in your world

And me in mine.