I Will Relinquish You

I hope you hurt as much as I do

My drug of choice is restlessly bettering myself because I deserve it

I can do better without you

I am better without you

The feeling of uneven love lingers in my skin like a phantom limb

Of everything I used to be

Everything I used to know

I wish I could claw it out

Scratch

Bleed

Scar

To get you out

But the antidote isn’t my own pain

No

My antidote is fostering my well being

Treating the ghost of my past self

And nursing her back with love

Nurturing her with an ear to wail to for her misfortunes

You will dissipate into my memory

The thought of you will become oil to water

You are not and never will be compatible with my being again

I will never let you control my currents again

Your victim pledge to life taught me everything to not be

I am not the moon to your sun anymore

I am the moon to the waves of my mind

I dictate and control the motion of my existence

My water is still and strong and frozen over

You will never penetrate my soul again