My Victory©

The process of getting over someone can be long and grueling. Just when you think you're okay, something will trigger a thought and awash you in the emotions again...the smell of his cologne, her favorite movie or song. When you are down in that valley, it seems like you are never going to come up and out. But I'm here to share with you that you will. That's what this poem is about. The recovery process.....


On the other side
is my victory
The victory of getting over you
You were my center; my joy
My world was completely all about you
You had my nose wide open
heart even wider
I gave you everything
stripped myself bare so that you could see ME
~ the good and the bad
I thought this was it
that you were the one
I was in paradise
But that was shattered in just one day
one moment
When you wrote a fateful letter
chose to end things with written word
It wasn't a huge shock that it happened really
we had drama between us for awhile
It was a shock that you made that choice
the choice to end things so abruptly
with no dialogue or debate
It shattered my being
I wasn't prepared for this
a life without you
a life without us
So I grieved
mourned
felt the loss so deeply
I walked through the valley of darkness
alone, but with friends
hurt, but with hope
I felt like Moses
walking through the dry, lifeless land of pain
Lost with only a single compass
A blue or black pen
or sometimes my keyboard
Writing was my guiding light
which shown over the horizon
So very tiny at first
Now I stand
My Victory
on the other side
~glorious
~joyous
~victorious
My pen, saved me
Love from friends, saved me
Affirming my life, saved me
Spending time with me, saved me
Crying out loud or silently, saved me
Getting angry then letting it go, saved me
Asking for and giving forgiveness in letters, saved me
Allowing myself to embrace the fear of being alone, saved me
and now
I'm on the other side!
My Victory
the wonderful land of victory
And I know
Love is on this side
~it's on this side
~it's on the inside - of me
Like Dorothy, this victory was always there
But it took the journey to get me here
My yellow brick road, had no scarecrow, tin man or lion - it was just me
But it took my heart, brains and courage to get me to where I needed to be
I am victorious!
And so are you
Take my hand, it's time for you to come to the other side too
Your Victory
Love is on this side!
~it's on this side
~it's on the inside - of me AND you.....