Chapters Closing

So, at last, this chapter is closing,

In conjunction with the skies,

These relationships so deep and strong

Are finally loosening ties.

Yet there is no emotion,

Left inside my head

All heartbreak, and disappointed tears,

Have many times been shed.

The years of trying to fit in with you

Are far behind me now

All the ways I would diminish myself

No longer do I allow

Mixed emotions came back to bang on the door,

And I sat with them for a while

Inviting each one in and listening,

Then releasing it with a smile.

Reminding my ego-self, “we’re good”

As not everything needs a reaction

No longer am I paralyzed

I am free of any contraction.

Even though I am aware of this incredible shift,

It is only within myself

I am a different person now,

I got down from that shelf.