My pain is almost tangible as I experience a myriad of emotions for I have lost a friend, yet my feelings are bittersweet, for finally I have completely extricated myself from suffocating grip of an emotional vampire that sucked the life out of me everyday;
A spiritual connection has been severed, and a physical attachment will exist no longer, yet I rejoice for I have gained freedom from the negativity that hung like a dark cloud over my joy, like a weight around my neck causing me to drown in her anger and bitterness;
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Will you open your ears and hear me when I say
It is enough, it is over
I will no longer submit
I will no longer accept
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I cry, not because my hope is gone
I cry for those who can not cry for themselves
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I am a product of my environment,
The result of my experiences
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