The Universe and the Moonchild

Letting Go

When people leave, let them.

I know some things are hard to change. We've always been taught that to save some things, we must hold on to them. Keep them safe inside your arms and never let them go. But when fire breaks in, and everything is starting to turn into ashes and smoke clogs your lungs and it's getting harder to breathe, leave what you need to leave and save yourself first. Whatever happens, the only saving you must do, is yourself. So when people leave, you let them. You don't leave yourself to fire to save people who aren't willing to get burned with you.

You see, it's not your fault when people don't stay. You could be the kindest, the smartest or the fairest of them all. But it doesn't matter. When people leave, they leave. It's not something you have a say in. So it's not something you could blame yourself for. The truth is: it's over the moment, one of you stops seeing the future together. And tell me, how do you control what one wants in their future? When they don't want you anymore, why beg for them to stay? Love is supposed to be given, not begged for. So stand up and brush those bruised knees and aching ankles praying for your love to last. You were supposed to fall in love not fall apart.

Holding on is not the only proof of love. Letting people go is. Because understand that when you let them leave, you are not just doing this for them, you are also doing this for yourself. It wasn't because you weren't good enough. It was simply because they had enough.

And sometimes, no most of the time, we don't get the apologies we rightly deserve. And we learn to accept that. We live with that.

We move on.