Courtney Slater

Evolution

Talk to you later
The last thing you said
I haven’t heard since
I’m okay

You left me shattered
Broken
I needed it

The decade of us
I’ll never get back
Courage, strength, dominance of my life
You taught me
Thank you

As I was trying to evolve
Us
You only saw you
I let you go
Unwillingly

The future with you
Abruptly gone
One sentence
I never thought would be said

One year
Holding on to what I thought was myself
I surrender to evolve greater
The stars have been trying to tell me
My whole life
I hear you now

Be free be unapologetically you
The truth is there

Vivid
Finally
Why were you so scared?

Silver linings grow within your focus
Only there
Static distractions fall away

You know what to do
Trust the pull of your heart

Does anything else matter?
When we’re six feet under
The lessons and growth shared
Will be stories of the generations

Thankful for lifelong heartbreak
I know now why.