Clinging

Have you ever clung on to something or someone? Held on so tight in fear of losing what you love? Or maybe you cling to it, not out of love, but because it is all you have ever known. The fear of letting go of what you hold so tightly to can cripple you. It makes you doubt everything you know is true. Even common sense can fly out the window when you are desperately clinging. You grasp and cling until it is excruciating. But the very thought of letting go is more painful than that caused by holding on....and then something happens. Something that causes you to instantly open your hands and let go. But instead of relief you find that what you were holding onto has broken like delicate glass in your hands, leaving shards embedded in your skin. And you know that it will be impossible to remove every fragment of glass and the wounds are so deep you will always bear the scars of what was once whole and is now irrevocably shattered. Even if you heal, you are forever marked. And the remnant will always be there reminding you again and again.