Holding on and Letting go

How does one determine what to cling to? What to hold to? What to keep stashed away?

How do we determine when the heart is ready? When the heart is healed? When the heart has given up?

My heart is ready, but I don’t dare let go. Despite the presence in the future my past has built me up.

I’ve learned so much, have become stronger from it, and never want to take that path again.

There are pieces of my broken heart on the ground, but don’t sweep them under the rug.

The broken pieces have fallen to leave room for new love. Stronger love. Bigger and greater love.