Making It To Letting Go

She took everything of mine she claimed was rightly hers.
She didn’t worry how the chips would fall.
She took everything of value, then demanded more,
And told me she’d be back to take it all.

She took everything of mine she thought belonged to her.
That’s why they say, “It never rains, it pours.”
She took everything I had, and all I’d hoped for, too,
And left behind a chest of empty drawers.

She took everything of mine she felt entitled to.
But no surprise, it’s what she always does.
She took everything that ever meant the world to me,
And threw away the best of what I was.

But now I’m close to making it to letting go.
I’m learning just what non-attachment means.
At times I’m sure I’m making it to letting go, 
Though some nights I still hold her in my dreams.

When things get better, it won’t be so bad.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Hankins Avatar
September 24, 2021 at 8:33 AM
Ah, I could relate to this, Michael. On the other hand, when my first marriage ended, I said to her, "Take it. You can have it all. I'm willing to start over, and it will be more difficult for you." I then filed for divorce!
Woodrow Avatar
September 24, 2021 at 6:40 AM
Vengeance can take a very materialistic form and that movie battle of the roses took it to the extreme end Like the refraining style u used :)
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