Holding

Holding on to hurt
Holding on to pain
Gives you everything to lose
And nothing to gain.

If you don't let go
You cannot progress
Abandon the pain
Give your heart a rest.

It may be very hard
To let it all go
But it must be done
For healing to flow.

Some wounds are deep
Only scarred over
But the poison is still there
Lurking under cover.

It waits and waits
For just the right time
Then it erupts
Spraying its evil slime.

The only true way
To ease the pain
And receive all
That you're entitled to gain

Turn it all over
To our Savior of Love
And know that He'll help us
With our Father Above.

by M. Kathleen Tracy

copyright © 2001 M. Kathleen Tracy

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