Let Go

Other trees have lost their leaves.

But this one will not let go.

Again and again, the wind gives a shake

But the tree will not let go.

The season commands the trees to sleep

Before the spring and the summer bring growth.

Every tree, every flower, every plant with green power

Every and all have stayed true to their oath.

Is this tree blind? Is it dumb?

Or is there some darker reason

Why it will not obey
the wintry season?

I'm like this tree, with my leaves still attached

Unwilling to simply let go.
I hold on tightly, when my God tells me rightly

                                                          to trust him

                                                                       and simply- 

                                                                                                let go.