Thursday, March 26, 2015

An Open Letter to the One Who Broke Me

March 27, 2015

Hi,
It’s been a long time since I’ve written you a letter. I just suddenly had this feeling that I wanted to fire up my laptop and start writing this. Now that I’m in front of it, so here it goes.

First of all, you hurt me big time. You brought all the pain home. It was the biggest shock of my life back then. I was paralyzed; the strong woman who I used to be before everything turned to ruins vanished in thin air. I was a mess, I felt like I lost the entire world. My fault, I made you my world. I thought I couldn’t get over it; I thought I couldn’t get over you. I tried my best to get up from my sorrow and agony bed, I got some help from my best friends. It was a roller coaster ride. I’d dream of you talking to me then I’d wake up crying because it was just a dream and everything that was real was painful. I told myself, it was a hopeless case, I was a hopeless case.
I’ve loved you more than life itself. It was a stupid mistake but it was the best mistake I ever did. I never knew I was that capable of letting myself love that much. I’ve learned so much, I even learned that I could create a blog with a single theme. You were family, you were a brother, a father, a friend, a lover. But I had to deal with terms that for me, you will just be an acquaintance, a memory.
Until one day, I started to dress better, I groomed myself better, I smiled wider, I lived a little better. I met some friends who taught me to enjoy life; I still wasn’t a party girl but I celebrated in ways I know how. My thoughts of you became lesser and lesser as time passed by until I no longer think of you every waking hour of my life. I got used to a life you’re no longer in; I got used to a life where I was in.  I knew I was still broken but the shards didn’t define me anymore. Slowly, I was regaining myself.

I still dream of you, but not in the way like before. I don’t get up crying; instead I wake up with a smile on my face and a long thank you note for you. Now, I may have scars from the day I was broken, but believe it or not, there are a lot of things I’d like to thank you for.
Thanks for leaving, because my true friends came to my rescue. Because of you, the foundation of our friendship became stronger and unbreakable. I learned how it was amazing being in their company despite how devastated I was. They mirrored who I was back then and they helped me regain that woman.

Thank you for hurting me. Thank you for making me believe that I wasn’t good enough; that I was worth leaving because without you setting me free, I won’t be able to meet the person destined for me. You paved the way for something greater that could happen in my life. Because of you, I wake up everyday looking forward to more days to come standing beside the person who has seen my brokenness but still believed I was worth every act of love.  

Thank you for the challenges, the tears, the needles pricking my heart, I learned they were proof that I was alive. I still have those tears and needles but it’s no longer because of you. Right now, those things are proof that I am more than alive, I am in love again.

Thank you for leaving me when I had still so much love to give, because I would never discover that I could love someone so much more than I had loved before.  I used to think that all my love was wasted but it was just a matter of time when I discovered there was a purpose why you had to get out of the picture. Someone is about to take your place and that’s how it should be.

Thank you for losing me, because without you, I wouldn’t be found by someone I never knew I was looking for my whole life. We were in a maze, I trudged my way out after you let go of my hand, I would never have thought in the end, someone was waiting for me to get out from that endeavor. Thanks for letting go for it gave me the chance to hold on to something stronger.

Thank you for the good times, it made me giddy to look forward to the days I’d spend with the right one. Through the good times, I discovered there was nothing to be ashamed of. If you accepted me for all the quirks I had in my sleeves, I could be accepted by another too. The best part was I was directed to the person who had the same quirks that I have (yey!). He makes my life more vivid, more dynamic, more of everything.

If I would be given a chance to alter the past with the knowledge of the future, I wouldn’t change anything at all because all those detours, all those road blocks, all those dead ends led me to today and I love where I am right now. I wouldn’t change it for the world.


Hope you have a good life and I hope you find your happiness too.

Sincerely,
Me

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