My altar is complete and I have sage and copal with which to call the spirits, but this year I plan to send something away with them as well.
~I set you free
send you on
in the arms
of my descendants
dear departed loved ones
and friends lost too soon
I send with you
all my woes
my care and concern
my bitterness, sadness
loneliness, deepest longing
and aching emptiness
so that you may
bear it away
set it free
among the space
between the stars
where it can do
no more harm~