Learn To Let Go - Mark Schultz

I’m holding this picture

You drew when you were four

It was one we proudly hung

On our refrigerator door

I found it in the attic

In your old dresser drawer

By a pillow that we made you

And a blanket that you had

When we learned to chase the monsters

From underneath your bed

And I remember

How I learned how to hold you when you cried

I learned how to let you be strong

Learned how to calm you in the dark

Learned how to listen with my heart

I learned how to watch you grow

But how will I learn to let go

And when I walk in your bedroom

The memories that I keep

Are bedtime stories

And rocking you to sleep

And as I held you

You’d drift off to dream

And I know

It might sound crazy

Now that you are grown

But yesterday still feels

Like the day we brought you home

And I remember