Novel & Cerita Poetry On Letting Go

I said softly. Her lips trembled. I slowly passed the child back into her arms. She held her daughter tightly, like she was afraid she might disappear. For a moment, my eyes lingered on them. Something flickered through my mind, quick and sharp, but I pushed it down before it could settle. I took a small step back. “Sometimes, letting go isn’t losing,” I said, my voice steady but low. “It’s the only way to protect what truly matters.” My gaze dropped to the little girl’s tear-stained face.

Ethan would wake in the dark with the sound of the ocean still in his ears, knowing there was no version of the past where he arrived in time. Claire had found her shore. And he had to spend the rest of his life learning how to live with the tide he let go.

This time, I finally understood— Letting go didn’t mean we would never meet again. It meant I could see clearly and still walk away with peace in my heart. I was finally free.

I'm excited that he is also the last of everything. I had to forgive and let go in order to get my happy ending. I close my eyes and let sleep take over.

People with sandwiches and phones and the particular focused energy of twelve minutes of freedom in the middle of a workday. I breathed in the cold air. Out. In. I thought about the magazine profile. Allowing efficiency to become a substitute for presence. I let myself feel it one more time. The full weight of it. What it meant and what it cost him to say it and what it said about where he was now versus where he had been. I felt it. And then I put it down. Not forever. I was not pretending I could erase it. But I put it down the way you put down something heavy you have been carrying longer than your arms can manage. Not gone. Just not mine to hold anymore.

The way she clings. Because maybe I know deep down— This won’t last. This moment. This warmth. I’ll have to let it go. Let her go. Tuck all of this away. Eventually.

It simply softens them until they no longer sting. I think that’s what healing really is not forgetting, but remembering differently. Before I sleep, I check my emails. There’s one unread message from the poetry studio they want to feature one of my pieces on their site. I laugh softly, surprised. I scroll through the list of poems I’ve written, and my eyes land on the one that started it all the first poem after he left. It was titled “The Weight of Letting Go.” I open it, read the first few lines, and realize how far I’ve come.

She stayed quiet, just watching him, waiting. "I'm calling the exhibition 'Letting Go'," he said, finally turning to look at her. Her breath hitched almost imperceptibly. The title wasn't subtle. She understood its weight immediately. "It's not a sad series," he clarified quickly, taking a step closer. "It's not about loss. It's about… release. And gratitude." He gestured around the gallery, at her world. "It's about finally seeing the beauty that was right in front of me all along, but I was too busy looking at a distant horizon to appreciate it."

Because sometimes the only way to save something… Is to let it go.

A piece of art made from shattered things. "I love you," he says. He says it like a vow. Like a threat. "I love you," I answer. He drives into me, hitting that deep spot that makes my vision blur. I grip the edge of the desk, my knuckles white. "Let go," he whispers. "Let go of the fear. Let go of him." I do. I let go of the debt. I let go of the widow. I let go of the guilt. I climax. It crashes through me, a wave of heat and light. I cry out, my voice hoarse.