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.
Every promise was a doorway
that I walked through unafraid.
Every doorway was a mirror
showing me the mess I’d made.
Let me go. Let me go.
I keep counting all the maybes,
all the almosts, all the lies—
how you held me like an answer
then dissolved before my eyes.
There’s a softness in surrender
that the strong ones never know.
I have begged my own reflection
through a hundred nights of no.
Let me go. Let me go.
Take the version that you wanted,
take the silence, take the blame.
Take the photograph you painted
and the woman in the frame.
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.
Let me go. Let me go.
*** © *** 2026 *** Michael Joseph Adkins ***



this is so fab i love this
this Would be a killer song, and, wow it burrows deep! hats off to you, magnificent!