WITHOUT YOU

I used to think that you were everything

And without you, I was nothing.

I'd watch the rain roll down the window

As tears slid down my cheeks.

Sometimes when I'd think of us together,,

That pain would creep in and engulf me again.

My eyes would sting at the sight

Of your half-hearted smile

And I would feel so incomplete. . . so empty.

But now I'm stronger,

Your harsh words have calloused my heart,

Making it unfeeling to the pain

That once would have torn me apart.

I've learned that without you,

I am still a person and

That others do care, even if you don't.

I see the sun and it makes me smile,

I feel it's warmth and I know that I can be happy.....

Even without you.

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WRITTEN APRIL 1995

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