I didn't need you.
and though it took me some time
to realize
it is the simple truth.
and I'm not sorry.

I didn't need your energy.
resented,
the meer memory
.. of you
it still haunts me
well enough.
your face
embrace
it was, such a gift.

I do not miss you when I close my eyes
at night.

and it took me so much time to undo
the very all
of you.
to detach and unwind
just to finally breathe
I think I even forgot my smile at one time.

But I found it.

...and I wear it
proudly.
to walk with our footprints in the sand like time used to be before...
and now I get to carry what you choose to leave behind.
refusing everyday to meet

I carry everything.

and I instead will be the one to teach him
love really is worth keeping.



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