Your Name In Loving Memory

"To love is to let go."

I was mulling over these words
Trying to comprehend how that is
And then I understood

To love is to sacrifice, my mother always tells me
And to let go is an act of acceptance
To love is to put their happiness above your own
To let go is to love them enough to set them free

To love is to understand how they feel
To let go is to push aside your emotions for their sake
To love is to figure out what they really mean to say
To let go is to do whatever it is that makes them happy

To love is to put up with what they put you through
To let go is to stay and tolerate anyway
To love is to be able to sense when your time is done
To let go is to walk away, and camp in a corner somewhere

To love is to silently pray that they'll find what they're looking for
To let go is to watch them rise without feeling resentful
To love is to have the strength to let them go
To let go - is to selflessly love them from afar with no complaint