This Verse

The end is as gentle
and full of questions
as the beginning

We can tell the truth now:
How I needed you to be broken
so I could be whole  

I never need to carry
the weight of you forward
It was always enough
to leave you behind

Lay yourself down now
on any bed of roses
you find in your way

I walked all night 
that line between
wanting to love
and leave you

I want to wake up
in the new life bright shining
a lake after rain

We've all got bruises:
some hidden and others plain
tender to the touch

Let go you say now
what is left to hold on to?
I have given all

Empty spaces invite new life
after a long exhale
I fill every corner with light

New homes invite fresh hopes
habits and soft songs
for waking and sleeping
stirring pots and folding sheets
until ever-slowly
this is the only way
we imagine living