Release

I give back all the fears and constraints that have controlled and guided me. I release all that I have been taught about how to live.    I surrender all the norms handed to me by my ancestors.

I release all that I have been taught about what it means to be human.    I surrender all the norms of what it means to be male.   I give back all I have learned about how to love and be open-hearted with my companions.

I release the notion that there is just one other person that defines the expanse of how I live my life.   There is no more determined shape or form to my life.    All has begun again.    I surrender all I have been taught about how to be a close friend.     I release all I am told about how to be a gardener.    I give up all the arcane notions of growing old.

I surrender all the things I have been told about the need for security and possessions.

All my life, I have pulled the harness given me by my ancestors and my culture.     I release them all.

I have waited long enough.    I am finally free.