Poems of Beauty and Blessing 37: Let Go a Little

This is a poem in which I try to articulate the value of even a little asceticism in life.

Let Go a Little

Let go a little,

Releasing the thing to which you too-close cling,

Relaxing the grip of your clasping grasp,

Relenting, repenting the limited love

Which prisons and poisons both lover and beloved.

Let be a little,

Denying desire’s despotism of despair,

Departing from frantic freedom-stealing need,

Delighting instead in what comes without claim

And is gained by gift of eternal grace.

Deo gloria! Deo gratias!