Only Sky

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     Lisa walked through the field to find the perfect spot. The wind caught her dark hair and it spun around her face like a dervish. She smiled as she noticed couples kissing and preparing to set their hopes aloft. Families also surrounded her. The children giggled and ran around as they waited to release the lanterns. There were a few people alone. She wondered if they were here for the same reason she was.    
  
     She held the thin paper in her hands. Did it symbolize hope? Yes, but more than that. She lit the flame and let go of the lantern. It soared and swayed in the breeze with all of the others. She took a deep breath and let it out as she imagined releasing things in her life that no longer served her. Hundreds of lights soared above the crowd. All of the lanterns had been released with purpose, but that purpose was different for everybody.        

     Lisa thought of the people she had to recently part from. People that she had loved and had mourned the loss of. It was difficult to let go. Finally, she had realized that those people could not offer her the love that she deserved. She needed to make room in her life for people who could give more of themselves. A new life required releasing the old to make room for the new.    

     It had gotten late. The people and lanterns were long gone. Lisa looked up and saw only sky. A sky that had cleared; leaving a vastness that held all possibility.      




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