Because he showed up today, out of the blue... after all this time.
He aimed his smile at me and launched pretty words into the air...
and I said exactly this...
"You were a bad habit when I knew you well. Now you are an occational pleasant memory. I'd like to keep it that way. Please understand."
As I said it, I realized it was true, and has been for a long time. Seven years of pain just melted away. I walked on feeling weightless.
Sometimes you gotta start clean. You gotta begin, not begin again.
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