Dear Divorce;

Dear Divorce, I want to thank you for breaking my heart..

For baring me wide open, and for leaving me in pieces;

I took the gold you left for a fools treasure and painted in between

All the spaces of your empty promises..

I took the silver lining that should have been our redeeming

For a love that deserved the chance; and I wove it into all

Of the darkness in me that has been reaching for the light..

I took the wicked heat of the flames that threatened to consume us

Both; and I turned the ashes into ink to write a bittersweet goodbye

In my heart where your name was once engraved..

Dear Divorce, I want to thank you for breaking my heart..

For giving me a reason to choose myself, and

For reminding me that my “too much” was always enough..

I took the bitter words that pierced the air around us like a freezing winter

Wind, and I gave them warmth with a passion you never learned to welcome..

I took my love that was taken for granted, like the air in our lungs blessing us with a new day;

And I gave it the breath in me that seemed to be stolen away..

Divorce, you are not my enemy; in fact I consider you a friend..

For I am at peace without the need of an apology that will never come..

I am at peace within the stillness that echoes back voices of all the things

Left unsaid, and undone..

I am at peace with a past that will never see a future, and a present

That only asks of me to choose my own love and forgiveness..

When all I wanted was for you to hold me in the quiet places,

I found what I truly needed was my own embrace..

When all I wanted was your compromise and compassion,

I found what I needed was my own empathy and grace..

So Divorce I want to thank you, for showing me what I needed to see..

That Love is always worth trying for; but the lack of it received, is never

Worth losing who I am to who you wanted me to be.