Inescapable

After the door shut on our final goodbye

I thought I wound not stand again

All the breath was gone from me

And the hole left by your presence

Became an abyss

I fell into

Filled with a pool of unshed tears

From all the times I stood

Looking at another back turning away

How could I navigate that ocean

Oh babe it felt entirely impossible

Not to drown

So now when I think of how much pain

I had to bear

How can it be possible to know

That in the end

I managed to find the strength

To bear it all

And stand again

There are so many roads I walked down

That ended in dead ends

Until I could only meet my own broken heart

When it became inescapable

Who could have known

That deep inside was love enough

Hidden there

To fully embrace

All of the pain

Giving me strength

To live again