We are relational by nature
Yet conditioned to relinquish
Our power to others
So much so that
We romanticize only someone
Outside ourselves
Can complete us

But when a relationship ends
Energy seeps out
From all the pieces we broke
To fit together with whom
We never imagined we could
Become unglued

Be whole with everyone
So that when that One exits
Who made you feel
Like you were on cloud 9
Doesn’t send you
Falling from the sky
Depleted

Give credit where credit is due
To yourself for all you have
Shared and not given
Love yourself as much as
Or more than
The love you are capable of receiving
So that you can clap back
In moments of self doubt and despair

Your scars are as inevitable
And as beautiful
As the next relationship
You don’t lose yourself in