The pain has not resided, it does not build it only remains. Tears do not streak my face, but only my heart. There is no longing for the things that I felt, only knowledge that the memories will someday fade in the background. It saddens me to speak those words, you were a part of me, you were my soul, you were my strength, and today you are the obstacle I have to face to truly grow as a person. To love forever is what fell from my lips; to hurt forever is what fell from my eyes. I had to let go, to breathe, to see that I was more, a lot more than the person you helped me to become. Now I am my soul, I am my strength, I am my life and that is how it should have been and always will be. I am whole