"When All That Was"

 

Moments lead...

To hours counted...

From days remembered...

And so many forgotten...

A circle in constant motion

Living amongst the world

Breathing...

Chaos known...

Peace is learned from lessons realized

We cannot stop the approaching storm

But we can prepare ourselves the best that we can

Keeping a weather eye upon the horizon

We anchor ourselves to what is known

Release the heaviness of these feelings

The weight of responsibility...

Of wrong assumptions made about the version of our being...

Of who we may or may not be

This is not our burden to carry...

Sometimes we never get the reasons why

But it becomes known...

We are more than this

The truth comes in the caring

In the effort of trying...

Because the last act in love should not be asking for mercy

Making this the hardest decision swallowed

That its okay to say goodbye

With grace in decency

We let history come to pass

Memories remain...

Those markers in the past

When all that was...

Was different...

Than the silence that has come to pass.

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