Lessons

Twenty years since you left.

Sometimes I wonder--
what was your purpose
in my life?

Did the universe send you
to help me navigate
the depression that gripped me
so cruelly?

Or, were you meant to teach me
about pain?
About self-forgiveness?
About healing?

All these things 
I learned of when you left.

Yet sometimes
I see your face in my dreams,
and I know
it was something more.

Maybe
you were sent 
so that in this life
I would know 
what
love
is.

losslost lovelovefree verse

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