Liberation

I never thought this day would come. The day I could breathe without you in my thoughts, the day I could smile without feeling the weight of our past. But today was different. Today, I felt light...and for the first time in a long time, I didn’t think about you once.

This morning, as I walked to the office, "The Night We Met" by Lord Huron played in my head. I’d been humming it in the shower, over and over again. It’s funny, because that song has never been in any of my playlists, never once. Yet, there it was, lingering in my mind like an echo of something I couldn’t quite shake.

Maybe the song was trying to pull me back to the night we met, back to when everything felt so simple and pure. Maybe it wanted me to undo all the things between us, to erase the pain you left behind. The hurt I could never escape.

But today, it hit me: I don’t need to go back. I don’t need to rewrite the past to feel whole. Today, I’m with someone who treats me the way I deserve. The kind of love I didn’t know was possible, the kind that reciprocates. He sees me. And in that, I found something I never thought I’d have again. Peace.

And so, for the first time in what feels like forever, I don’t feel bitterness toward you. I’m not angry. I’m not wishing you misery. I’m just here, living, happy. And I wish the same for you.

Today, I had fun. Today, I didn’t think about you. Today, I found joy again.