With each care, it grows
The bundle on your back
Of worries and woes
The place your wings were meant to
Spirits were made to soar
The ones all around us know
Guardians
Guides
Ancestors
They go by many names
Constantly, they whisper to us
“Give us your burdens”
Of light, and looking to
lighten our load
They implore
“We are much stronger together. And we are stronger than you alone.
You can let go the weight of the world
Of others’
And even your own.”
Give them that
You know how it feels
When you lend someone a hand
And it was nothing for you
But it was everything for them?
Do not be a miser
Keeping that satisfaction to yourself
Like Gold
Give that up too
Afford others the feeling of lightness
That comes from bringing another up
It’s like flying
It comes so easily
As if our natural state
So let everything go
Shed your tears into the moonlight of my soul
For me, they cast reflections of your light
It is not heavy for me to hold
What for you is a mountain
Unload your burdens and let me wash your feet
They are easier for me to reach
I need no thanks
I take no offenses
You do not impose
You can rest yourself at banks of my river
Holding you is as easy as its flow
So give up your burdens
And if you can’t,
Give that up too.
We are all each other’s angels
And we each have our own
So give away all
That we can fly together
