and even after

cling

let go. why do you cling to pain? there is nothing you can do about the wrongs of yesterday. it is not yours to judge. why hold on to the very thing which keeps you from hope and love?
-leo buscaglia



i need to let go of some pain. words that i still can't believe were spoken. again and again. some people refuse to lift the disapproval from your choices. refuse to believe that maybe i do know just how to find the happiness they insist i will never get. perhaps they forget what it means to unconditionally love. 
it hurts my heart. and my soul. i want to fight back. so badly. but also i want to just let it all go. i can do nothing to change the minds of others. and i can't try any longer. so you believe what you will. 
all i want is to live my life. and you to live yours.

love is