I Choose to Let Go and Live

Poetry Prompt — Day 6

2 min readJun 12, 2021

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I choose to let go of all my fears,
for they have crippled my dreams
I choose to let go of all my insecurities
for they have crippled my authentic self
I choose to let go of all my past mistakes,
for they have crippled my courage to move forward
I choose to let go of all my judgements of others
for they have crippled my ability to have an open heart
I choose to let go of my self-loathing inner critic
for it has told me that I was not enough
I choose to love myself and live my life authentically
I choose to open my heart and let my light shine brightly
I choose to let go and live my life as me…

As I wrote this piece, I felt a sense of liberation. The flaws that I listed above have been shortcomings that I have struggled with in my life. They have crippled my ability to live my life authentically, therefore I am choosing to let go of them all. Though I am still a work in progress, I have been so grateful for the work I have done thus far. The goal is to eventually become the best version of myself by letting go of all my faults.

Sahil Patel this has been the most profound prompt that I have written for this week. I am so grateful for this deeply self-reflective prompt.

Sahil Patel issued the day 6 prompt for his poetry challenge in which he would like us to: Write a poem about an important life choice you made or you want to make in the future? In his piece below, he states:

“So, today is the chance to think about the choices that you made or you want to make in the future.”

If you would like to participate, please tag Sahil Patel in your piece. You can read his entry below. Thank you Sahil for this poetry prompt.