before you i was strong and independent.

i did not let other people affect my moods or my emotions or my plans for the future.

i was happy and optimistic and free.

and somehow, in under a year, you took all of that from me. not intentionally, i know, but either way

it's gone.

more than i wish i could have your love back, more than i want you to reclaim these memories of you and i, even more than the strong desire i have to be enveloped by your arms, right now,

i want to be that girl again that does her own thing and makes her own future. i want to be happy when i'm happy, sad when i'm sad; i want these emotions because they are of me and created by me, not because they are what is left when you are through with me.

more than i miss you...

i miss me.