Standing Tall in the Shadows

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


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