as summer came to a close
so did you and i.
we were broken up
long before school started,
but we would always text,
call,
hang out.
but all that ended
as soon as school began.
i didn't realize
how suffocating it was,
holding on to something that
was no longer there,
keeping faith in
something that had lost its value.
because now,
now that your name
is gone from my phone,
now that your laugh
is gone from my head,
now that your hand
has disappeared out of mine,
i can finally think without
thinking of you.
now that every trace of you
has been wiped clean
from my skin
and from my thoughts
and from every tangible thing
i have ever owned,
i can finally sleep without
dreaming of you.
now that your heart
no longer belongs to me,
now that you've taken back
your dignity and pride,
and now that i've
taken back mine,
i can finally breathe
without loving you.
