One of the most difficult things to do in this world is to cut ties with other people. It is difficult, but for the most part it is necessary (especially to cutting those ties with negative/toxic people). You do not want them to poison your spirits and to make things worse than what they already are. If you cannot cut ties with those people then your mind is telling you something. You have to dig deep and really think if you still want those people to be a part of your life. If the answer is no, you have to cut ties and show them the exit door. If the answer is yes, then they are good people. If the answer is I do not know (or I am unsure) then you really have to go with your gut (to figure it out). If you really have to think about it then that is telling you something.
It does not matter if you have been friends or in a relationship or are just acquaintances. You should never let any of that cloud your judgment or the decisions you make. It should be clear that the people you are cutting ties with are not good for you at all. They will do anything to weigh you down, bring drama, and keep you back from finding someone or something better. It is just the way it goes. As Steve Maraboli puts it “The path to freedom is illuminated by the bridges you have burned, adorned by the ties you have cut, and cleared by the drama you have left behind. Let go. Be free.” In other words, cutting ties should feel freeing and rewarding. On the other hand, sometimes other people cut ties with you and sometimes they just up and leave you behind. In terms of that situation, it is oh well. You just have to think that they did not deserve you anyways.
To all my readers, I hope that you have the strength and courage to cut ties because as painful as it is, it is also a good thing to do. It is cleansing and in a sense it is like a detox (to the system). What is at stake is yourself (mind and body) and your health. It is all about what you deserve because as I said before you (and everybody else) deserves happiness. So hang in there. Remember that sometimes the people who you cut ties with deserve to be cut because they did something bad to you and the chances are that they are the ones who handed you the scissors to begin with. I hope these poems bring you peace and more understanding. Happy reading!!
Cutting Ties
Sometimes, cutting ties is the
Best thing to do. It’s better to
Move on rather dwelling
On sometimes that hurt you
Or that make you doubt
Everything that you thought
Existed. Holding onto
Something for that long can
Make you miss out on
Something good and
Miss out on something
That can change your life.
So do whatever it takes
To move on – deleting
Their number, deleting their
Facebook. You don’t need a
Constant reminder of what
Went wrong. It’s not your
Fault. People, they change.
They want and need
Different things they did
Before. They do nothing
But hurt other people. It
Doesn’t matter if you
Forgive them or not.
You’ve got to move
Forward. With life.
With love. With living
And breathing.
Detox
I have this irrational fear
Of running into you and
Not knowing what to do
Or what to say.
What if I freak out?
What if I run the other way?
Do you know how I feel?
It made me feel more alone
When you just up and left
With no reason to come back.
Do you know how much I hate you for that?
I am trying to get it all, including you,
Out of my system. It is all a detox of
The sad and bad things. It is like clearing
My system of all the hurt and toxins.
I am trying to let the anger dissolve
And slowly fade away. I am trying
To forgive you like I have
Done in the past. Forgive me while
I am trying to let go the
Disappointment and frustration.
Do not be mad when I am trying
To move on and completely forget
About you. It feels like by the time
You are willing and ready, I will
Be already done with you.
I will not let you become
My crutch and drug anymore.
I will not cave and give in to you.
I will not relapse and overdose.
You were my antidote. Now I am
The antidote for myself.
I am my own detox. I am my own.