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Long before there was a we there was her. Your wistful longing is poignant. I can’t compete with the past, with someone you never stopped loving, and someone who did you no wrong.

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I am no longer afraid to let go of what will never be, and accept that I am stronger because of what happened, and deserving of far more than you could ever give.

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This is me not having an option but to set you free.

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To get over you, I have to stop idealizing you or what we could have been.

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I never had to teach myself to forgive you, but it took months to forgive myself.

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It took a lot of effort for me to release all the remnants of my love for you, but I felt weightless as soon as I let you go

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Maybe losing you gives me an opportunity to know myself more, to know why I fall for someone who treats me like garbage, and to discover the direction to head next.

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I cannot stop loving you if you show me remnants of how you still do. I cannot move on in my life until your absence shows me there’s nothing stopping me.