in the end something happened
that i never thought would
because in the end-
though change came quickly-
i’ve found happiness after all
and not in the arms of another
but within the dimensions of myself
and i wish you nothing but the same
so that our split won’t be in vain
because there was a time, love, when you
were my moon, my clam, my desert well,
a long shower at the end of the hardest day
but that’s all gone
now
i am the photograph you try not to look at,
the memory that keeps you up at night.
i may be your ghost, dear, but you are still my light
you’re my hope for sunrise.
we may not have gotten all we wanted
but i loved all we had
i know now that happiness is fleeting
so all i wish is that you let this soften you
rather than harden.
i don’t want you to deny someone-
the world-
what you have to give.
it’s much too beautiful.
i hope you are having those little moments of happiness
that rise like hope from the rubble
and make you believe that it will all be okay
someday
i hope you occasionally smile
when you think of me
i hope your blood runs warm
and you let someone get close to you,
beautiful you,
again
i hope you find happiness
i hope you find it
within you
