Severance

I will pay quickly

I will end my connection

and walk away

I will not be involved

anymore

I have paid dearly

for my blindness, for my

neglect to heed the subtle signs

But the price, perhaps,

is not that bad

Perhaps in this failure to find trust

I have learned to place it

on sounder ground —

Perhaps in this severance

of dubious dependence

I build a firmer trust 

within myself.

©Wendy Mulhern

February 19, 2015