"It’s been better lately. I no longerthink of you first thing in the morning,and I can..."

“It’s been better lately. I no longer

think of you first thing in the morning,

and I can finally fall asleep without

wondering if you are out there

right now, your body tied around

someone else’s body,

whose body does not belong to me.

I haven’t been punishing myself

as much lately. And even if I

know now that I was always

in the wrong, I can finally accept

that there is nothing that I

can do about that now.

I haven’t been thinking of you

as much lately. The image

of your face no longer makes

my mind ache with thoughts

of the things that I could have done,

and how if maybe I would have

held on for a little bit longer,

you may still be here with me.

Strangely enough though,

ever since you left,

things have been feeling a lot

easier lately. And I think

that might be because since

you’ve been gone, I’ve had time

to realize that life is

much more simple when you

are not always over-thinking

every move that you make.”

- "Lately," - Colleen Brown