Beat me down
Already knew the pain
Hands and legs
Are no match to flame

Past doesn't matter
When days are coming quick
Manipulative people
A twisted game so sick

Reborn--a phoenix
Straight out of the sky
Stronger now
And they'll know the reason why

Spew your venom
And I'll spread my fire
Hurt me again
The flames will grow higher

Flying with wings
In vibrant flashes
So powerful, so beautiful
I'm reborn from the ashes

A gift to make my day
Grace me with your presence
Then take it all away

Well, if that's all you can do
Then you can keep it
Because I've dealt with so much worse
Than just your ******* silent treatment

Like I was missing something
that was never there,
something created in my mind -
  a feeling,   a friend,
  just pretend.
                      Comfort.
                       Trust.
                       Care.

      peace .
All parts inside me,
perhaps a 'second set of eyes'
helped ta reveal
what was difficult to see -
  in me,  by me,
but, mirrored in another's eyes,
I have.  finally.


and now a bud grows on my windowsill from something I truly thought I'd lost -  the one I thought I'd killed.
but there it is:  Beauty,  Hope,
in dawn's orange light.
what was gone, now is New,
by no fault of mine.

the,  potentially,  "Best Day Ever".
    i meditate,   prepare,
then shower  and step out.
         Here we go,   again
              we shall see
          I'll take notes
              for what could be
            
             the "best day ever"
one More time,    again

  again
..
shedding skin.


shedding skin.
out with the old
in with the truth -
Finding who I am
when I don't have  a  'you'

again.
   Shedding skin.

to Original colors
stripped down past the blue,
revealing the real me,   set free
not just    what I've been through.

Finding myself   all over again.
shedding skins

I can feel your nerves from here.
You didn’t expect our love story
to take this turn.

It may seem insignificant,
but that’s how life works —
when we least expect it,
it sweeps our feet from under us.

They say love is forever
while it lasts.
I guess we’re somewhere in the middle.
We’ve earned a C.

I won’t text you,
or show up out of nowhere
in your life again.
We don’t need to repeat this script.

But I hope you make peace
with our memories,
with the good moments we shared.
Those, at least,
will be eternal.

For my final act of love,
I will let go of my love for you.
Let go of the future we planned.
Let go of dreams and goals we had.
Let go of me wanting something
that you never wanted.
I will let go of what we could have been.

You are free now,
free of the slow mundane life I promised you
so you can spread your wings
to the far off places,
I could never reach.
Free from me slowing you down.
Free from me pestering you
to help build bridges forward
for our future,
while you built walls around yourself.
Free to live the life you wanted
without me.

I should have realized sooner
that this is not what you wanted.
That you didn't want me
but the comfort I brought.
That you wanted to live for the present,
not the future.
I should have realized all this so much sooner,
and for that shame on me,
I'm sorry.

For my final act of love,
I chose to love you no longer.
You now have the forever in your hands
That you so very much wanted,
a forever without me.
For my final act of love,
I'll move on...
without you.
Good luck,
I wish you well.

I’m certain
That to you,
I was a dandelion
You held too tightly
In your hands.

The wind came
And carried all my petals away,
Leaving only my memory behind.

Know this—
I’ve flown to a better place,
Even if that place
Is far from you.