Release

I release you

from parental fears,

from all those ties, so warm,

so fierce, so intertwined,

so precious,

initiating me to love

in such intense dimensions

I release me

from parental fears

that wound themselves

so tightly with my love,

I couldn’t tell the difference.

They were never really mine

and never did define my love.

Where fear would bring us down,

our love is lifting —

Your love for me is free and pure,

and so is mine for you —

In this place we’ll always meet each other,

In this place our love can soar.

©Wendy Mulhern

October 18, 2015