Compassionate Boundaries

Along the path it seems

Like I have lost so many things.

But in a certain way,

I want everything to stay;

As if somehow its wrong

For life to move along.

But one thing that I know

Is that Life, it shifts and grows.

Life's always changing me - 

And who is in my company.

Some take more than give,

Or judge the way I live.

Then I get to choose

which friends to keep or lose;

'Cause I love me enough

To go for bigger stuff,

And keep people around 

Who'd never tear me down.

So to all those I've left behind,

I send love of every kind

And hope that they will some day see

They they create their misery.

I no longer let in my life

Those who choose to stay in strife.

I now create and maintain space

For fostering more ease and grace.

I'm still learning - this I know;

Yet the more I practice, the more its So.

And if you think you get the gist,

Perhaps I'll add you to my list

Of those I wish to keep close by

As each of us re-learns to fly.