She Let Go...To Rise Again

She used to dream in colors bold and bright
White picket fence a porch bathed in soft light
Tried to write her story line by line
But life had other plans it crossed the lines

She gave her all she held on tight
To timelines drawn in childhood nights
But somewhere on that winding road
The pages tore the winds had blown

Now she's standing in the ruins of her plans
Barefoot in the ashes open hands

She let go to rise again
Mourned the past but found her strength within
The life she thought she'd live is gone
But something braver's coming on
With every tear she sheds a seed is sown
She let go to rise again alone but not unknown

She kissed goodbye the old what-ifs
The could-have-beens the years she missed
The love that left the doors that closed
The dreams that cracked beneath the load

Now she walks through fear like it's a flame
Not to burn but to rename
Her brokenness her buried cries
Now paint new dawns across her skies

She's not what she once thought she'd be
But maybe she was always meant to be free

She let go to rise again
Turned the hurt into a softer skin
The maps she drew they disappeared
But somehow now her path is clear
With every fall she found her soul had grown
She let go to rise again and call the fire home

You don't need all the answers
To become something new
Let the echoes of your losses
Make more room for truth

If you're grieving the life you thought you'd lead
You're not broken-you're just learning how to breathe

She let go to rise again
Not who she was not where she's been
But in her eyes a brighter spark
A fearless flame lit in the dark
She lost her past but found her pen
She let go to rise again

And in the quiet she begins
To write the life that could have been
But even better now... within