Acta est fibula / The drama has been acted out

I’m done weeping

my days of wearing my cloak of sadness are behind me

life changes come slowly but ever so suddenly

one moment there’s a blizzard in my world, temperatures below zero

the next my orbital is fractured, my eye swollen shut

the one after that my marriage is done

freedom came rudely and with a high price tag

willingly I paid

true freedom came from understanding that I can only change myself