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A Promise of a New Beginning (a.k.a. The Break-Up Anthem)

I felt like I was suffocating,
sinking further and further
into the depths of my own misery.

I felt like an angel
falling from the security and peace
of the heaven she had grown to love,
into the trapping pits of damnation.

I felt so weak,
like the only thing that kept me
from falling apart was my
cowering under another person's support.

But I am not that person anymore.

I am done drowning in my own self-pity,
and letting the dark memories of my past haunt me
until I can cry no more tears.

I am done allowing myself to fall and break,
to the point of needing to console myself
with fairy-tale lies
in order to numb out the pain.

I am done seeking support
from those who break me down
and bring me to crumble beneath them.

I am not a slave,
I am a young woman
with the right to
control her fate
and choose the life she lives.

From this day forward,

I will not be any man's subordinate;
I will stand tall
as my own pillar of strength.

I will not continue to fall;
I will apply all my efforts
and fly towards a new heaven.

I will not cry over my stupid mistakes;
I will learn form those experiences
and make choices with no regrets.

And if any person wishes
to become a part of my life,
they must stand beside me
as my equal
and walk with me
towards a brighter future.

I promise myself this new beginning
because every person has the right
to choose, to try for, and to believe in
a better tomorrow.

(I wrote this to myself a while back, when i decided to leave my ex, and just thought I'd share it today)