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Life Alone, For Now

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It's been a year since I lost my fiancee. This day a year ago was easily the hardest of my life. Those scenes from movies where native women throw themselves and wail? That was me. I had never before experienced that sort of emotional pain. It was overwhelming and all-consuming.

This poem may become a song. It has that quality. I will think about it.

- Susan

It's been a year and you have gone to rest and I have done my best to move on I met someone and he is amazing but he is busy with life so I am just star-gazing You know me I motor on I have spent a lifetime mostly alone I look out at opportunities with want and occasionally need But I refuse to budge or even respond to nudges of what others think I should do I think of him and you If I don't get that kind of vibe I know they aren't my tribe and my spirit would not survive I can adapt alone provide It can just be me I can be here for me I can do what I want whatever I need I can step out If I please But mostly there is no need I have you both in my heart - Life Alone, for now, ©Artimus The Poet Susan Manley 11-17-2024 All Rights Reserved

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Daniel Henry Rodgers

Date: 11/17/2024 4:15:00 PM

Dear Susan, how deeply moving and beautifully introspective. I admire how you navigate the complexities of love and loss while embracing your own strength. Your reflections on solitude and self-empowerment in that it's okay to prioritize ourselves. What a heartfelt piece; it truly touched me! Autumn Blessings, My Dear Friend, Daniel