words i am unable to express

a memory i am yet to forget

let it go,

all the things that have hurt you
all the things that have once brought you the feeling of comfort,
but now suffocates you
and drains out all the energy, all the power, and all the jubilation from your body-

let it go.

let it sink to the bottom,
in the dark depths of the forbidden ocean.
the place everybody imagines
but never goes
and never knows.

let it go.

place it inside a wooden tresure chest
decorated in diamonds and tarnished gold

bury it in the unremembered forest
where no one dares to enter
and where you will never step foot in
ever again

let it pass by,

like the flower petals
that get blown and carried away
by the wind that howls
and whispers a mellifluous melody in your ear
as it brushes against your skin

let it no longer trouble you
and let it no longer toxicate your being day by day.

let those wounds turn into scars.
marks that fade as time passes
but take time to wholely disappear,
a page of an unopened book
that stays in your dusted cabinet.

let it be a passing memory
that you smile about.

let it no longer hurt you

let it be something that occasionally crosses your mind,

but doesn't hurt anymore