'Goodbye'

 

I said 'Goodbye' 

and I did not cry. 

No tears were shed

It was long overdue

This break-up 

with the old 'me'. 

It took me all these years

to find the treasure

inside me. 

I was led down 

a rabbit hole 

by so many lies. 

A fraud was committed

against me

I was made a party to it too. 

Unsuspecting I followed

and so became 

my own enemy. 

Now lies exposed

I stand vindicated

I realized my foolishness

in trusting those who 

meant ill for me

In loving those who hated me. 

Goodbye to the old

is actually the turning of a page,

a welcome to a new beginning.

How can something new

something that infuses new life

and gives you hope be bad? 

Henrietta

14th November 2022