Love Is Letting Go

This a poem I wrote about a patient I took care of who is suffering a great deal. She has really made an impact on my life and I know her family is suffering terribly with the hardest decision of there life.


She was thirteen, vivid and strong dancing and laughing for so long.
When she was on stage you were so proud.
She was so bright.
You clapped so loud.
Now she is lost in a body that won't let her fight.
We always try to hold on to what is left.
She would not want to be "kept"



We took care the best we knew how,
knowing you love her so
Now it's your turn
Love is letting her go...
it may seem wrong, but you must be strong
she does not want to suffer like this
please send her off with your kiss

As you have here...
I promise you, the angels will watch and care through your tears...
..that is the gift that you can give her now
Please let her go to take her last bow.

She will dance, laugh and be young again... with God, who has said...
"Love is patient, love is kind"
and love is letting go... even when we feel we are left behind.