Let Me Go

Mood Piece

I’m a prisoner to these feelings,

now my heart is being misled—

chasing ghosts down empty hallways,

trusting every word you said.

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Every promise was a doorway

that I walked through unafraid.

Every doorway was a mirror

showing me the mess I’d made.

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Let me go. Let me go.

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I keep counting all the maybes,

all the almosts, all the lies—

how you held me like an answer

then dissolved before my eyes.

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There’s a softness in surrender

that the strong ones never know.

I have begged my own reflection

through a hundred nights of no.

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Let me go. Let me go.

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Take the version that you wanted,

take the silence, take the blame.

Take the photograph you painted

and the woman in the frame.

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I am tired of the wanting,

I am tired of the show—

loose the rope around my throat now,

loose the hands that won’t let go.

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Let me go. Let me go.

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*** © *** 2026 *** Michael Joseph Adkins ***