Next time.
Moving on from someone
is not by forgetting them.
It is does not happen by shredding your memories and storing them in the landfill of your mind.
We both know
you are tightly grasping your roll of tape.
Let me ask you this...
Would you tape a broken vase?
Its not impossible,
but it will stand only temporary
and keep the rose for a moment.
The only way to keep the rose
and have more roses to come
is to find another vase, but what do you with broken one?
You don’t push it to the corner
or store it in the attic.
You learn from it before you take it out to the trash.
You learn that next time,
you won’t put the vase too close on the edge of the table.
Next time
you will bring it near the sun
so the glass vase will be enchanted
by beautiful reflections along with your roses immersed in warmth.
A first love is never the last.
Forgive, but never forget.
Do not be afraid to love
because there are more vases yet to come.