A Settlement

Where am I?
Why am I here?
Why today?

I chose my path,
I chose my person.
I chose my poison.

I toiled,
I laughed,
I cried,
I stumbled.

I saw my love in despair,
I felt the hurt,
I kept my smile,
I hid my pain.
I fought the fight.

And one day,
I stopped.

The world stopped.
Love stopped.
Hurt stopped.

And I looked.
Up.
Down.
Around.
Within.

And I felt.
I walked.
I stopped stopping.

But I felt the void,
the despair,
the burn,
the breakup.

But I also felt a light,
a hope,
a breeze,
a presence.

And so I walked again,
and asked,
Why?

I don't need an answer.
I don't want an answer.
I just want to ask,
Why?

And move on.
Back to my life.
My self.