Gather the stars if you wish it so Gather the songs and keep them. Gather the faces of women. Gather for keeping years and years. And then... Loosen your hands, let go and say good-bye. Let the stars and songs go. Let the faces and years go. Loosen your hands and say good-bye. Carl Sandburg
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When you are trying to hold on to things that are important to you, you have to stop. Gather the songs, or gather the faces, or gather the years, but let them go. You don’t have to let them go completely. You can keep one here, one there.

But when you are ready, let them all go. This is a great poem about letting go of everything that is no longer important in your life.

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