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You won’t recognize this new me,

you won’t recognize my laughter,

I don’t find your jokes funny anymore.

You won’t recognize my eyes,

they no longer admire you,

they no longer look for you.

You won’t recognize my hands,

they no longer long for your touch,

they no longer want to hold you.

You won’t recognize my energy,

I’m not available to you anymore,

I’m not yours this time and

it’s your turn to feel my absence.

You won’t recognize my heart,

it doesn’t beat for you anymore,

it doesn’t miss you,

it’s not the same.

Or maybe it is,

maybe it has always been this way.

People break it

thinking it won’t mend itself

or heal

but it always bounces back

even stronger.

It always comes back to me,

intact

unable to settle

for half-hearted love

or mediocre relationships.

You won’t recognize me now,

look at me all you want

but you will never see me

because I put myself back together

in ways you will never understand.