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lustre

she knew how to glow before he came, she

knew that her beauty was sufficient.

but he

took it away

and turned into something new, a glow, a

fire, an

explosion

then he poured it out, spilled water on

her flame and left the smoke to curl into the air and dry in the endless silence.

she didn't want to walk away, knew that she needed

him to stay

but she left him, left him behind because

it was better when she was alone without him

hating someone is better than hurting with them there, and

knowing you have lost is better than playing a game

you cannot win

walking away was the hardest thing she had ever done.

turning your back on someone you used to love is so terrible, and

it rips into the very fibers of your being

like an axe into rings of wood

yet as she took her first steps as a new woman she felt fearless

this was not a wildfire that consumed every inch of her, no, it was

so different

(but sometimes different is good)

and now she stays with her head held high

no longer reminiscing about him

with tears in her eyes

this ordeal has made her into an effervescent pearl

with an

otherworldly

lustre