And for me, part of healing is being able to listen to certain music and not cry anymore. It takes time It takes time for the memories to not be as fresh Because even the good ones hurt It takes time to slowly put in those head phones and be able to breathe when a certain song shuffles on It takes time to know that you can remain emotionally stable when you want to listen to a certain artist It takes time to be rewire your brain, and say "this is okay" this music that once connected me to him, still does, just in a different way And that's okay