20 October 2025

Weightless

After years of punishing 
myself for not being able to 
forget you,
I wake up today-
and you’re not in the air 
anymore.

No trace of your scent
on my mornings,
no silhouette of your head
lingering in stories.

The world feels wider,
brimming with possibilities.
no more your eyes
burning holes in my back.
no guilt for not belonging
to your songs.

It feels strange,
to have dreams that 
are clean,
to breathe without 
reminiscing.

Sixty kilos off my 
shoulders, and
the lightness I feel-
must be the air.
the buoyancy in my 
bones- is this the fresh 
taste of freedom?
must be.

Deep sighs and 
smooth rides like
a soaring flight.
I'm a bird again?