I spent too long

Crying

When you left me…

But now the tears have

Dried up.

I remember how painful it was

At first…

The crying and screaming…

The sobbing and desperate prayers

For you to come back

That were answered with “no.”

Now I look back

At those times…

And I laugh.

I remember how over time

I adjusted

To your absence…

I wiped away

My tears

And cleaned up

The trails they left

On my cheeks.

I stepped forward,

Not backward,

Into the dawn,

Not the night.

But then…

You returned…

My heart stopped

For a moment,

And I almost fell back

Into old patterns,

Into old love…

But that wasn’t

Love…

You’ve come back,

But I

No longer need you…

The time I spent with you

Was time wasted.

At least I

Learned a lesson.

What lesson?

People that treat me

Like shit,

They don’t deserve

My time or energy…

I don’t need them.

I don’t need you either…

So goodbye,

Adios,

This is the end,

So I’ll make a toast…

You were a rotten apple,

You almost tainted me too,

But when you left?

That’s when I got through

The pain.

I have

No need for you

Anymore.