Do Not Cut Your Losses

Do not cut your losses.

Let them fall off on their own accord.

Let them hang like the heavy tethers they are–

until you can see they are not secured.

Begin walking; begin your daily routine, and

let those chains drag along–

rattling, expelling energy, clanking,

sometimes getting caught.

Eventually, you will become so strong from bearing them that they will feel light.

Eventually, too, they will rust, crumble a bit, and lighten

until one day they will fall away,

and you will emerge stronger.