The Power of Letting Go

This is from a song by a local Sedona artist, Christopher Spheeris. He sings this a cappella and it is beautiful. I wish you could hear it, but the words alone will carry some weight.

I once was a leaf among leaves on a tree
Where I grew and I shaded the things beneath me.
When the wind grew strong I held the tree tight.
When the sun hit the heavens I reached for the light

And I passed many days without worry or care
Till asleep I awakened to a change in the air
And the wind brought a chill
I grew stiff in the cold
My color turned pale and
My hands wouldn't hold

Now a leaf that is free I spiral and float
To the water below
Which I ride like a boat
And I float off to places I never would know
Through the power of letting go.

I once was a wave that was steady and strong
In the rhythm of ripples I traveled along
I crossed a great distance that all looked the same
A wave among waves in a place with no name

Time went by and a shoreline appeared
Whispering of changes and endings I feared
And I couldn't go back and I couldn't go under
So I rode to the sand and the foam and the thunder

Now a splash from the wave I dance to the skies
When the sun makes me vapor and weightless I rise
And I float off to places I never would know
Through the power of letting go.

And I float off to places I never would know
Through the power of letting go.

~Chris Spheeris

c. 2005