No Hard Feelings

No hard feelings  

I leave them at the door

Like shoes caked with yesterday’s mud

Not worth carrying  

Across a clean floor

I’m lighter now

Not because nothing hurt

But because I finally learned  

That some weights  

Aren’t meant to be held

I wish you calm skies

Soft mornings

A life that doesn’t bruise you  

The way mine once did

No hard feelings

Just distance

Just clarity

Just the quiet truth  

That we grew in different directions  

And that’s okay

I walk forward  

With open hands

No bitterness

No fire behind the teeth

Only the small hope  

That you do the same