one

one picture is all it took to bring me back to that day.

one glance at something from the past is all it took.

one millisecond is all it took

to have memories flood me. overwhelm my mind with thoughts from you. from laughter, to horror moments, to heart ache.....

you promised to never leave, to never turn into someone else....well you kept half that promise. you never left. but you changed into someone else. you changed into someone that showed me that love doesn't exist. you proved to me that love is not always true. you pushed me to my breaking point. you pushed me to the point of leaving. i walked away. and into someone else's arms. you hated me for it. but i hated you more for proving to me the very thing you swore wouldn't happen. ruining the thoughts i had about you, about love, about relationships.

all it took was one picture of us that didn't get deleted, to take me back to that very moment i walked away from you. the very moment i thought life had stopped and i wasn't going to be able to get up.

but then it was you who pushed me away to become someone better.

to prove to you that i didn't need you.

that i wasn't hurt by everything you said.

that my heart wasn't broken to pieces after you swore you would fix it.

to prove to you that i wasn't going to let you dictate my life.

because of you, i must now regain my strength.

i must pick myself up off the floor.

i must show the world you didn't break me.

because of you i question everything.

i no longer have the naive outlook on things.

because of you im tainted with hate and bitterness that all others to follow you must break away before seeing who i am.

all because of that one picture