Banyan Thorns - Ashes For The River

Write their name on paper. Write the sorrow too. Fold it in silence. Knot it with breath, Knot it with intent. Strike the match, let the fire eat the words. Do not watch them vanish— watch them change. Smoke is grief leaving the body. Gather the ashes in your hand. Scatter them into running water. The river will take what you cannot keep. The current will carry what claws at your chest. Lay rosemary on the stones. Lavender for peace, sage for release. Press your forehead to the ground, until the anger leaves you. Whisper once, then whisper again: “This grief is not forever. This sorrow is not mine to hold. Let it be compost, let it be soil, let it be gone.” This grief is not forever…