Aftermath

She stands at the precipice and waits

For what 

She is not sure

Move on they say

Be glad they say

Forget they say

But how 

How does 28 years just go away

Forgotten as if it never was

She takes a step

The pain is excruciating

Her heart lays on the ground

Ripped from her

Shredded

Torn

Stomped on

Discarded like yesterday's garbage

In its place

A huge gaping hole

Impossible to be filled

Repaired or fixed ever again

And the tether is unbreakable

Binding forever

Holding her back

Bound to a history that isn't pretty

Friends since before time began

The betrayal paralyzes

So she stands

Afraid to move

The gaping maw of sadness threatens to swallow her up

Left behind by the one that was supposed to take care of her forever

Rejected by those that cared before forever

Wounded, broken, bruised and afraid

And she knows 

She will never be whole again

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Indeed