I had a talk with myself in the shower It was a long overdue conversation The suds of the shampoo blurred my vision And they seemed to cloud my thoughts too If he came back would you be strong? Would you hold your hard-earned place? Or would you break down like a house of cards? Shattering your emotions like a China vase? I would be the independent girl I am getting to know The girl I see clearer in the mirror everyday The one that would tell him to leave me alone and go his own way He had his chance now I'm taken By someone who loves me for everything Who sees my flaws and embraces them Not notices and demeans them I am taken by myself. A better long awaited self. I turned the water off and stepped out, Cleansed in more ways than one.