You are now my past

I fumbling, found 
you in a long-ago moment
falling in love deep
and with your hand 
in mine, we wrote
dreams of distant futures.

Today, I stand up tall,
steady, in the heart of this 
pertinent present, 
and let go your hand,
revoking all bygone dreams, 
making you nothing more
but a chapter in my past
and now flying towards
authoring my own 
glorious future.

I let you pass. I let you go. 
Forever.

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