i know

there is beauty in getting over someone, but there is also sadness.

it hurts to see someone else in your shoes. you're two months into the journey but they are just at the starting line.  you know the loose gravel and rotted roots that lie ahead, waiting to ensnare them, and all you can say is, "time will help. keep moving on".

when they cry, all you can say is, "i know".
because you do. you know how their heart is breaking into a million tiny pieces. you know that it's going to be hard for them to get out of bed. you know, because you were them not too long ago.


there is sadness in letting go of hope for an "us". sadness in packing away memories. sadness in forgetting the details of the person you once loved. sadness in being with someone else. but all of this sadness, combined, amounts to courage to find something better.