Category Archives: Letting Go

All Over that Town

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Only months after I left you a thousand miles behind did I even begin to get over you; to get better. I was shriveling emotionally. My heart was dying. It was too hard to stay there and be reminded of the memories of us all over that town. I had to move away to survive. K.H.

She lies awake,
Doesn’t know what to do,
Wondering how,
will she ever make it through.
She is in love
and believed the one
Who said I love you first.
He says he is sorry
But she knows it’s not true.
“Why?!” she screams
“I’d never have done this to you!”
Pretty Gurl Swag

A Cold Hearted Lie

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Seemingly an angel and deceptively sweet you said all the right things at the exact moment needed to steal my heart. You seemed kind and tender. Making love was mind-blowing and like no other experience I’ve known. But it was an act. You were only after my money. D.S.

Tears… fall from my broken heart.
I never thought we would be apart.
When you held me you said “forever”.
Now you’re gone I know you meant “never”.
Saying you love me with that look in your eye
….was a cold hearted lie!
from “Tears” © by Erika

None of the Pieces Fit

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Why did I break up with you? Looking at all the pieces I realized ‘we’ weren’t a puzzle anymore. The pieces simply didn’t fit together. Even if we tried really hard, the pieces were still for two different puzzles. We don’t belong together and hurt each trying to be. K.M.

For every heart that finds love,
there is a heart that cries.
For every dream that is reborn,
there is a dream that dies.
For every day filled with sun,
there is a day of rain.
For every hour filled with joy
there is an hour of pain.
For every smile upon a face,
there is a tear to cry.
For every fond hello you say,
there is a sad goodbye.
Anonymous

An Expiration Date

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How could I have known when you said “I love you” it had an expiration date? I thought you were still as deeply in love with me as I am with you. Now you say you can’t help it, but love for me is no longer in your heart. I am so lost and confused with no idea what to say. K.W.

I never felt true love
until I was with you,
and I never felt true sadness
until you left me.
Anonymous

Forget and Smile

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You said we’d be together again; to give you a few months to get things together. Not even a week later you wouldn’t even speak to me. For weeks I tried again and again to talk to you, but you would never listen, so I finally had to say to my self goodbye to you forever. C.S.

Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann’d:
Only remember me; you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.
“Goodbye” By Christina Rossetti

What Can I Do?

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Calling at 2am to say I still love you was a mistake. Truly sorry I bothered you. I’d had a few drinks and my guard was down because our anniversary was earlier this week. It’s been months and neither of us has moved on. Is there a message in that for us? D.S.

You were my everything;
Now you’re gone.
I don’t have the strength
To carry on.
I loved you so much;
You were all I had;
Now my whole world
Is depressing and sad.
I’d like to start feeling
Other than blue,
But you were my everything,
What can I do?
Taken from “You Were My Everything” by Joanna Fuchs

Smile Because it Happened

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Loneliness that felt like it was going to kill me is mostly gone. There were moments when the pain of missing you made it hard to breathe. At times now I look back and enjoy good memories; sometimes it still hurts like hell. You’re in my heart for the rest of my life. D.E.

Don’t cry because it’s over.
Smile because it happened.
Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss)

Can’t Force Myself

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Do you ever think of me? Or do you just pretend “we” never existed? Have you made up a lie to yourself about how you never loved me any way? You left me wondering what I did wrong; wondering how I can fix something that doesn’t exist any more.  I’m lost in sadness! J.W.

 

Why do I keep on loving you
when it’s clear that you don’t feel
the same way for me?
The problem is that as much
as I can’t force you to love me,
I can’t force myself
to stop loving you.
Author Unknown

Hard to Move On

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How many times have we broken up and gotten back together in the last four years? Nine times!  Just because two people love each other does not mean they are compatible enough to make a life together. In spite of the pain the thought brings, it’s time to admit that. D.H.

There once was a time if I just closed my eyes,
I could see us together as one.
But after these years of growing apart,
I can see that dream is done.
You were the one who knew me inside and out,
And always knew just what to say.
Any problems I had would disappear,
When you said it would all be okay.
There was always a special connection with us,
And these days it seems to be gone.
Whatever we had died a long time ago,
But it’s just so hard to move on.
Taken from “Not Meant To Be” by Katy Mikelle

Have to Let Go

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We’re from different cultures. Our religions aren’t compatible. Our families don’t get along. You’re well educated. I didn’t finish high school. You’re rich, I’m poor. There’s so much distance separating us. It’s hard to admit but love is not enough to make it all OK. K.S.

There are things that
We don’t want to happen
But have to accept;
Things we don’t want to know
But have to learn;
And people
We can’t live without
But have to let go.
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