Whispered Wanderings

I loved you.
Still do, of course, although
that love has changed. So much quieter,
now. No longer filled with urgency,
no longer infused with needless pain:
no longer needing your response.

I’m moving forward now, into
a future I may not have yet imagined,
but have begun to create day by day.
A future no longer focused on you:
At last, taking charge of loving
myself. But remember that once,
I loved you.

klm
4/10/24 (revised 4/12/24)