What will I do without the weight of you now?<\/p>\n
I let out what I had been holding in;
\nscreams, secrets, shame, fear.
\nIf the police take you away, it wont affect me.
\nYou are out of my life for good.
\nI live as a free woman.
\nI can take care of my cats without feeling bad.
\nWith you, I was broken and shut down.
\nWithout you, I have opened up like a flower,
\ntaking in the sun.<\/p>\n
The future is aching for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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