With Every Goodbye You Learn
1 Comments Published by Alexandria on Sunday, March 25, 2007 at 8:41 p.m..
After a while you learn the difference between holding a hand, and chaining a soul.
You learn that love doesn't mean leaning, and company doesn't mean security, that kisses aren't contracts, and you begin to accept your defeats with your head held high and your eyes wide open with the grace of a woman not the grief of a child.
You learn to build your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain, and futures have a way of falling down mid flight. After a while you learn even sunshine burns if you get too much.
So plant your own garden, and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers and you learn that you really can endure, that you really are strong, and you really do have worth.
Over and over you learn and learn, though you may not want to let go, with every goodbye you learn.
You learn that love doesn't mean leaning, and company doesn't mean security, that kisses aren't contracts, and you begin to accept your defeats with your head held high and your eyes wide open with the grace of a woman not the grief of a child.
You learn to build your roads on today because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain, and futures have a way of falling down mid flight. After a while you learn even sunshine burns if you get too much.
So plant your own garden, and decorate your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers and you learn that you really can endure, that you really are strong, and you really do have worth.
Over and over you learn and learn, though you may not want to let go, with every goodbye you learn.
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i found this poem a few years ago and it's really gotten me through a lot of things. i love it!