Days Between

The Version I Left Behind

There is a version of me I had to say goodbye to.

Not because she was wrong. Not because she failed.

But because she carried things

I was no longer meant to carry.

For a long time,

I thought becoming someone new meant leaving her behind.

I thought I had to forget the person I was

to become the person I wanted to be.

But I understand now,

she was never someone I needed to escape.

She was simply tired of carrying things she was never meant to carry.

She was someone I needed to thank.

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