free

I wasn't sure it could be done
cease to be
walk away with no tears or regret
or feelings of longing or want
gone is the need
free
I no longer feel anything
just peace that you are no longer every thought
or the beginning of each paragraph
I have reclaimed myself
a new venture
uncharted territory
a new land for a new age
free
I have sounded a retreat
no more giving myself away to vagrants and vagabonds
hold on tight
but let go like chaff in the breeze
released from the burden of being
free
calm invades
hope sounds an advance
clutching no more to another
clinging no longer to unfounded fears
all we were has blown away
just a faint memory
a lost cause
but no longer the seeping wound
quiet the raging mind
still the beating heart
vanquish all thoughts
let go
let be
free