Thank You and Be Free, My Insecurities

I packed my bag of insecurities

and sent it floating down the river

I watched it hit the rocks

and get caught up in the swirling current

clinging; begging to stay

for just one more day

one more week

a few more years

I gently called to the baggage

“let go, move with the current

find open water

and be free”

My insecurities

have served their purpose

keeping me cocooned

in a place of quiet and fear

Until the day

I began to practice

setting boundaries

and showing my strength to others

instead of silently resisting

the fear of being alone

Then came the day

when I trusted; I knew

that I could take

those insecurities

those fears of saying, “no”

and send them down the river

I started with a few silent

notes on the current

until I grew stronger

Today with feet firmly

rooted on the ground

I packed those insecurities and thanked them

for all the ways they protected me

and brought them to the river

With an open heart, I watched as my baggage

let go of that last craggy branch

and floated gently on the current

to the open sea

I may run into that baggage again

as I move with the current of life

We’ll have a chat

and then just as old friends do

who live on different and distant shores

we’ll bid each other farewell

until we meet again

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Thank you for reading my books: If I Could Tell You How It Feels, and Untangled, A Story of Resilience, Courage, and Triumph