Parting Echoes: Farewell, My Love

I recall the day tears fell for you, Pleading for your stay, futile, true. Yet you departed, leaving me to surrender, Broke me, changed me, a fate I'd render. Thank you for not lingering in doubt, For in your absence, I found my route. Disguised in wrong, I acquiesced, But in your leaving, strength coalesced. For in your absence, I learned to see, To accept, to be, authentically me. All that seemed normal, right, in guise, I learned to discern truth from lies. Thank you for your final choice, Placing both our happiness in voice. No longer solely yours to claim, A mutual joy, free from blame. No regrets, for you were not in vain, But my greatest lesson, my lasting gain. Thank you for putting me first, at last, No more shadows of a haunting past. No regrets, for in each twist of fate, God's plan revealed, albeit late. GOODBYE, MY LOVE