I expected.
I was disappointed.
I cried
but I laughed.

It was that moment
it opened my eyes,
with a smile
and a tear.

It is okay to be happy.
It is okay to be sad.
That is life,
such is our fate.

I can choose to be happy.
I can choose to be sad.
I was sad for a year.
Now I'll choose happiness.

Bittersweet.
Disappointed.
But that is life,
such is our life.

I don't fear the todays
or the tomorrows.
The yesterdays
I left behind.

I smile,
I smirk
because I knew something.
I am strong.

I fold
and bend
and sway
but never breaks.

I'm done with it.
I buried it
ten feet deep.
I am new