Let It Go

[G]ive yourself five minutes three times a day to sit quietly and just breathe deeply and say, “I release and let go. I let forgiveness flow. I am free. It feels so good to let go.” ~ Louise Hay

I've clung to control,
wresting at life's wheel
to force my will, to win,
to prove my worth.
I've gripped people,
tasks, situations,
strangling others,
committing my hands
to this no matter what
that may be. I claim
to have decided to turn
my life and will over
to the universe, creation,
creator. Then I lock
the wheel as surely
as a clamp.