I would have liked you to feel my pain,

but I still loved you and I would have

preferred to have once more your love.

 

My sadness was overwhelming after separation

but I forced myself to forget and to

learn to smile again.

 

I replaced tears with the endeavour to smile

and finally succeeded in feeling well again.

Although I needed you, I deleted you.

 

Yes, I erased you as much as I could

and went on, less naive, but still

with hope that the best is yet to come.

 

I wondered from time to time how you were

and what you did, but then rays of optimism

invaded me and showed me the way.

 

I learnt that with or without you

I can be strong, I can be myself.

And that my smile is as charming as always!