Alone in the world again.
Maybe he left you.
Maybe he just wasnt the one.
Averie Woodard
Whatever the case may be, here you are.
Alone in the world again.
With more memories to forget, more wisdom to redeem and more knowledge of yourself.
Averie Woodard
You probably thought youd finally found a way out.
Yet, after the devastation, you felt a slight hint of relief.
Spending your nights out meeting new people.
Dancing like no ones watching.
But it feels partially forced.
Because you dont want to be at those places alone.
And youre constantly secretly hoping that one of the new people you meet is your future husband.
And youre totally dancing like everyone in the room has their eyes on you.
Youre far from finding yourself.
You start to turn to friends to fill the void.
You make plans to pass the time.
You read to get out of your own head.
You long to simply hit the reset button and be done with it.
But life isnt that easy.
So you make a bargain with yourself.
You choose not to reach out to him forone more week.
And then you give yourself permission to do whatever feels right.
Whatever it is, it only needs to fill the void of one week.
Then the week is over.
You cant remember why things ended You tell yourselfjust one more week.
This time, you have lunch alone.
One more week…
Something funny happened and your first thought wasnt to text him…
This week turns to two, then three.
Youre at the mall; you find a cute outfit.
But this time you dont.
You validate yourself.Do you like it?
Maybe starting over isnt as clean as everyone makes it seem.
Maybe truly starting over is full of regret, sadness, relief, freedom and fear all at once.
Maybe its having to love that reflection as much as we once loved someone else.
