I'm detaching slowly
Like a leaf that's done its season
Not dramatic not a leaving
Just a gentle quiet reason
To release the things I've held to
Past the point they gave me warmth
Detach slowly
That's the only way I know
Detach slowly
From the version of you
I kept alive in rooms
You never lived in
Detach slowly
From the weight of what we were
The beautiful the heavy
The uncertain
I'm not angry I'm not broken
Just finally letting go
Detach slowly
One degree at a time
Until I'm free
Until I'm mine
I still think of you on Tuesdays
When the light comes through the blinds just right
But I'm learning that a thought
Doesn't have to mean a fight
Doesn't have to mean I'm back there
Doesn't have to mean I stayed
Just a Tuesday
Just the light
Just the habit slowly fading
Detachment isn't coldness
It's not building up a wall
It's just choosing every morning
Not to answer every call
That the past makes in the quiet
When it wants to pull you back
Detach slowly
With both hands open
Not a loss
Just finding back
slowly
gently
mine again
Detach slowly
Already free
Detach slowly
Already me