u/Iridescent_Kitten

A breathing baseline

Unfamiliar heave released

Fractures ache less

Pain is beatable

Ache is bearable

​I see them stumbling

Through the dark they made

A sharp

Sudden pity cuts through the anger

They are choking

On their own disgust

But understanding their sickness

Doesn’t mean

I have to be their cure

Not looking back

​They're all somehow sorry

Self-awareness forming late

Better late

Than never

​Their guilt is a heavy jacket

They keep trying to drape

Across my shoulders

I let it slide to the floor

I don't need their grief

To validate my survival

​I can focus on the forever

..The forever that can thrive

Something to remind me

I am alive

​It wasn’t their false amends

That pulled me up

It was the shock

Of a steady hand elsewhere

Not looking back

A fierce, devoted

A breathing baseline

Unfamiliar heave released

Fractures ache less

Pain is beatable

Ache is bearable

​I see them stumbling

Through the dark they made

Better late

Than never

​Their guilt is a heavy jacket

They keep trying to drape

Across my shoulders

I let it slide to the floor

I don't need their grief

To validate my survival

Not looking back

​I can focus on the forever

The forever that can thrive

Something to remind me

I am alive

​It wasn’t their false amends

That pulled me up

It was the shock

Of a steady hand elsewhere

A fierce, devoted love

Built miles away from their ruin

They looked

At the "damage" and didn't flinch

That was the jolt

That was the blood returning

​Conversations never had

Certain closure calls

Not looking back

It doesn't even land

You find it within

Drawing lines in the sand

​Keep the unsaid words

Keep the empty air

The sand turns to glass

Under the heat of a new fire

I see right through the ghosts now

Stepping over the fault line

Not looking back

Love built miles away from their ruin

Someone looked at the damage

And didn't flinch

That was the jolt

That was the blood returning

​Conversations never had

Certain closure calls

It doesn't ever land

Find it within

Drawing lines in the sand

​Keep the unsaid words

Keep the empty air

The sand turns to glass

Under the heat of a new fire

I see right through the ghosts now

Stepping over the fault line

Not looking back