Encouragement

That moment
when you finally let go
and allow yourself
to break free,
the moment
when you are no longer
a was married woman
and become a single woman,
that moment
when you see yourself
as not merely
coming up
to the door
and then running away
for fear
of repeating
the same mistake,
that is the day
you challenge yourself
to live again,
and the rules change....
and the sufferable
becomes insufferable.

The tidbits
of life are
not enough.

Hotel chocolates
are not a love life
or a partnership
or a friend
or someone
to hold you
and love you
and tell you
that there is
a life
after letting go.

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