Taking back today
taking back yesterday
taking back tomorrow
taking back myself
finding all the pieces
you left behind
scattered
where
you dropped them
ragged around
the edges
each and every
one
a little broken
Brushing them off
mending the edges
giving them
strength
love
and
attention
feeling them grow
stronger
each and every
day
mending the
empty spaces
healing the
tattered places
becoming
one
becoming
renewed
becoming
me…
You discarded
me in pieces
slowly
so I didn’t
notice
leaving them
where you
grew tired of them…
Thinking
only of what
you needed
I had
no money
no car
no status
I just had me
which you
used up
until
there was
nothing left
but this shadow
and these
pieces I’ve gathered
So today
I
sit
fitting
mending
re-attaching
those pieces
together
this time
I am using
the strong threads
of
love
friendship
beauty
peace
knowledge
wisdom
and contentment
to sew
healthy, strong
seams
that cannot
be so easily
wrenched apart
to be left
broken on the
landscape
of this life…
becoming
one
becoming
renewed
becoming
me…
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