I'd be lying if I said I wasn't nervous   When the doctor said I'd need to have it out   He said that it was common, not to worry   But that's easier said than done, without a doubt      So I nodded while I sat there in denial   And I pondered all the outcomes as he spoke   I could batten down the hatches of resistance   Or I could use this opportunity to grow      Things that do not serve me, things that I don't need   Things that I am done with and no longer choose to feed   And when I'm on the other side I'll know that that letting go   Of all those things I didn’t need will help me getting whole      There were failures and frustrations that I swallowed   Disappointments and distresses that I held   But the thought of letting all that anger surface   Didn't seem like it was worth the way it felt      Now it feels like something deep inside my psyche   Has erupted and imploded in my throat   The construction crew is setting up the pylons   Where the pavement's finally cracking from the load      Of things that do not serve me, things that I don't need   Things that I am done with and no longer choose to feed   And when I'm on the other side I'll know that that letting go   Of all those things I didn't need will help me getting whole      Did I make the perfect choices, did I do the best I could   Does holding in contribute to my very highest good?   I release the mighty octopus that smothers and defends   I embrace the golden foamy sea that purifies and cleanses      So they took that little object from my body   They removed the thing that raised up all the flags   But they also got a whole lot more than tissue   Because I packed it full of other things I had      Things that do not serve me, things that I don't need   Things that I am done with and no longer choose to feed   And when I'm on the other side I'll know that that letting go   Of all those things I didn’t need will help me      Getting whole