You led me through
And though I thought
At the end I’d find you
I did not but
I did find
What I needed.

I don’t need you
And I don’t want your sympathy
Or your anger…
I need
Your absence.
I need
My presence.

I don’t need your pain
I have enough of my own
To dissolve
Let me fly
Into the arms of the future
To be embraced
With honor
By the honorable.
I don’t need your evil.

You chose
Not to love me
Not to care for me
Not to hold my hand
When you dried my tears
You chose
Your absence.

Now I choose
Your absence.

You led me through
And though I thought
At the end I’d find you
I did not but
I did find
What I needed.

I found
My presence.

©Jen2010 12-10