I fill an empty bag with all my
worries and drift into the woods.
The heaviest weight I intend to lose
is the voice of all those shoulds.
worries and drift into the woods.
The heaviest weight I intend to lose
is the voice of all those shoulds.
I find a hole carved in a tree
and leave my worries there.
I drop my angst on top of them
and offer up a prayer.
I rise unburdened, free at last
bow in reverence and surprise.
For I find hiding in the letting go
is where all the beauty lies.
Karen A VandenBos was born in Kalamazoo, MI where a Phd course in shamanism taught her to travel between two worlds. Nominated for a Best of the Net, her imagination is unleashed in two writing groups. Her poetry has been published in Lothlorien Poetry Journal, Blue Heron Review, The Ekphrastic Review, Southern Arizona Press, MacQueen’s Quinterly and others. 
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