Hello

I drew in a breath... preparing myself to let you go.. to say good bye... going over the words I was to write to make it sweet and easy.. But then I remembered...

I remembered us.. and tears started to fall...

You see, I used to think that without you, I would be incomplete...

Without you near...

Without your hand upon my cheek... Your thumbs circling my skin...

Without your lips brushing against my own.

Without you, I was incomplete...

Without your breath upon my skin...

Without your arms around my waste... letting me know you're not letting me go..

Without you, I felt incomplete...

Without your whispers of tender affection...

Without you, I was very much incomplete...

Without your voice being the last sound I would hear at night...

Without your smile...

Darling, without you, I was incomplete...

Without hearing you say "everything is going to be alright"

Without knowing that you were thinking of me, as I did of you...

My love, I thought I was incomplete without you by my side..

But then I took a second look at myself and realized that, though, you are not with me, and, though, it hurts to let you go, I am complete...

I am bruised, but I am not shattered...

I am disappointed, but I am not depressed...

I am stuck, but I am not lost...

I am not happy, but I will get there...

You see, my smile will come back-
my days will get brighter.

This is not a good bye but rather this is a swift hello....

A hello to a new relationship.. where tears turn intp smiles.