Surviving Heartbreak

Breaking From His Shadow

At some point, I had woven my whole being with him,

Every thread of me dyed in his colors.

Every part of me was tainted

By his likes and dislikes,

By the shadows of his preferences.

Every hobby, once mine,

Became a shared echo,

A remnant of us together.

I lost myself in loving him,

So deeply entwined

That when I looked in the mirror,

I saw only reflections of him—

Every glance a reminder

Of his presence,

His essence in me.

I made him my world, 

And I was merely living in it.

But then you came along,

And with you came the light

Of a broader horizon.

You showed me what it's like

To see beyond the confines

Of a love that consumed me,

To discover the world outside

That shadow of his influence.

Now I stand on the edge of the world,

Seeing the colors I forgot were mine,

Embracing the vastness

I once never knew existed.

In loving you, I've found

The pieces of myself

That got lost in loving him.

—MistakenGenius