Loving someone requires the lover to let go,

for to hold on tightly to the loved one

un-frees the beloved from becoming who one is.

Painful such a movement is.

A decision that rends the heart

as it allows the loved one to grow.

Ah, love.

But, to let go is to be free,

for in freeing the other,

one becomes free as well.

For someone who has truly loved

and has been loved as much,

one knows that if love is true,

though the loved one is free,

the lover knows that the beloved

will forever belong to one’s heart and soul,

just as the lover belongs to the beloved for life.