Love Note for the Leaving, by Andrea Gibson

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Love Note for the Leaving

There is a line
that when crossed,
you curl into a halo
around your own Departure.
Kettle on the stove, it doesn’t matter
what screams or burns.
Nobody ever thinks about the weight
of a Comet, how heavy it had to be to go
that fast. Go, knowing Hell
is as close as an inch of false Forgiveness.
Real Forgiveness is what you keep for yourself,
for swallowing the fish hook of your Past.
Of course you assumed it was something
that could feed you. Who of us can tell the difference
between the growl of our Hunger
and the growl of the thing in the dark?
When you’re finally gone, remember
nothing has the power to lure you back
like Resentment. Resentment is a thing that wants to win,
and anything that wants to win will return to the fight.
Drop it all in the field Bury it beneath the moonlight.
As for Love,
forget everything you’ve been told.
Love is the one thing you can keep for the rest of your life.
Don’t be terrified of what your heart still feels.
Love never made anybody weak, never lured anyone back
to a place of hurt. I promise, no matter what you think,
it is never Love that does that.

~Andrea Gibson

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Lest we forget. Thank you.