Set Us Free

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Set Us Free

By Jane Tawel

September 3, 2022

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Set me free from the future.

Set me free from the past.

Set me free to live into

The Truth that will last.

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Set me free from stagnation.

Set me free from my needs.

Set me free to change wholly,

and to set new dreams free.

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Set me free by forgiveness

of the great and the small,

and as I forgive others,

may I forgive myself, all.

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Set me free from the prison

that only I can create,

by attachment to anger

and fear, grief, and hate.

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Let me open the prison doors

and free memories’ hostages.

Give me strength to release,

tomorrow from bondages.

And when I would put

heart or mind back in jail,