do it again

you've let go
of a lot
things.
places, things
you once held
in your hand,
things you thought
you could
never live
without.
friendships
and lovers
included.
you lost the energy
to keep
them near.
lost interest
in the pain
of it all.
so you let them go.
in the long
run,
all the grieving
and tears,
all
the wringing of
hands, does
nothing. in
the end, it's
all the same.
it's not how you've
lost them,
but how you go on
to do it all
again.