Letting Go of the World

How do I look at you and let go? Once joined by the beauty of nature, Coming from my own body like an extension of myself. You are the only one who has heard my heart beating from the inside. Attached by a life line- a cord cut and discarded. You became your own person. The world too ugly and vile for a perfect little person to grace. No one worthy of your pureness and innocence. Slowly corrupted. Slowly growing away from me with every year that passes. My love for you unchanged. So solid, devoted and loyal. I think of you going on and starting your own family, knowing I won't be here yet much longer. How do I look at you and let go? When I see what Father Time has done to my body, and I know my time has passed, I need to see you swim on your own. Without any help from anyone, swim to the other side. No one can ever change who we are to each other and what we have. What we share. Once I see you have reached the other side, I can then embrace you one last time and know part of my soul will live on through you- then I can release it all because my job has been completed. You must release as well because it is just part of life. Just know that when I look back I will wonder how I ever let go of the world- Because thats what you are to me.