Apoligies retract at sharper speeds than windy tides
I'm sorry for leaving you washed at shore
but I stopped needing your flotation devices
when I learned to tread on my own and could hold more
oxygen in my lungs alone than I ever could with you on top of me
I do not need you to swim
I do not need you to breathe
The rose gold sunset fills what was left empty
by rough and unforgiving waves
I am not the same girl you pushed out to sea.
I am not drowning anymore.
I am safe at shore.


Without you.