Little by Little

"I'm letting go. Little by little, but I am.

It sometimes hurts. I sometimes cry.

I sometimes erase it all.

And sometimes I try and I can't.

But I'm letting go. I am.

That's just the way I am.

I can't help it anymore.

My mind races.

Unlike the hare

Who had patience to compete.

I'm racing to defeat myself.

It's torture in a shell

My heart has been to hell

I'm letting go.

Little by little, but I am.

I learned that now I can.

Sometimes it's good.

Sometimes it's sweet.

There are times too

That I never meet a standard,

Where questions flow unanswered

And it's okay in itself.

I'm taking down the Shelf of expectations

Crowded by imitations

I learned that now I can.

I'm letting go. Little by little.

But I am."

Lady Lee Andrews