An Easy Breath

Every time I think I'm going to cry

I force a deep breath

and don't

There will be no tears this time

and the anxiety that comes

with the slightest thought of you

is a reminder of the positive

steps

I've taken

though

For a moment I had sympathy

and my heart splintered a bit

thinking of what I could have done

the realization came that

my thoughts of your truth

were dead on

and your truth or your deceipt

mattered not

and I could breathe an easy breath

the force that was in my life was gone

leaving an open path

that is mine to follow