sometimes ...

I was just thinking about how some of us tend to keep things hidden deep inside,
on the outside we appear one way
but on the inside ......
on the inside we have so many layers ...
like an onion
we can peel those layers off one by one
and lay ourselves naked on the altar before all of mankind

but can we really shed allllll of the layers

or do we just don a different mask
and wear clothes of a different colour ...

back straining under the weight of all those griefs ...
all of those things that we try to hide

but you know my friends,
sometimes, it is good to let it all go ...........
to let all of those pains roll off of the shoulders,
to be able to shake it off .......
to stand upright,
lifting ones arms up
embracing the joy of being alive
celebrating one's brilliance

and so my friends ...

sometimes,
it is good
to just let it all go ....