Connections with you

Wrapped around my heart,

My psyche.

Squeezing the life out of me

Causing me gripping pain.

There has been no joy in that connection.

No beauty has been held up in awe.

No great love has been born,

And now, no great love is lost.

The tether has been released,

We float free of each other.

The cords have been cut,

their grip on my heart loosened.

The last tears have been shed,

Their salinity lost in the vast ocean.

The waves cease to call your name to me

And the wind is silent

Bringing me peace and healing.

I look around,

I don’t see you

Anywhere.

You have vanished from my life.

But I see my beautiful life.

I see the people I love waiting to embrace me.

I see the places I love,

Beckoning my footsteps.

Filling the void that your disappearance left.

Filling it with more wonder and joy and beauty

than I could ever imagine

When I was with you.

I lift my face to the rising sun.

I breathe in the still, clean air.

I am alive, I feel, I love.