I found this poem on a website - says it all:

Give and Take
I don't need your love, so take it back
I don't want it any more
I want you to take back the promises
and all the lies you've told before
when you give me back the truth
then you'll take away the blame
when you can answer for what you've done
then you'll take away the shame
while we're on the give and take
I'm taking back the trust I freely gave to you
I'm taking back my life
and the control I gave you too
I'd give you back the pain
but I've spent it all in tears
I'd give you back the insecurity
but I've wasted it on my fears
all I have left is just the anger
and very little left to say
I guarantee you'll take it all

goodbye
Unknown "Erica :0)" Surprised - 16 years, 3 months, 8 days ago

Oh listen little dear,my soul,
to the fairy voices calling,
for the moon is high in the misty sky,
and the honey dew is falling,
To the midnight feast in the clover bloom.
The bluebells are a ringing.
And it's "come away to the land of Fey"
That the grasshoper is singing.

Unknown "Erica :0)" Surprised - 16 years, 3 months, 15 days ago

"After a while you learn the subtle difference
between holding a hand and chaining a soul.
And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning
and company isn't security.
(Kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises.)

After a while you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes open,
with the grace of a woman, not the grief of a child.
And you learn to build your roads on today
because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain
and the inevitable has a way of crumbling in mid-flight.

After a while you learn that even sunshine burns
if you stand too long in one place.

So, you plant your own garden and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone else to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure,
that you really do have worth.
Unknown "Erica :0)" Surprised - 16 years, 3 months, 15 days ago

Sometimes I have wanted
to throw you off
like a heavy coat

Sometimes I have said
you would not let me
breathe or move

But now that I am free
to choose light clothes
or none at all

I feel the cold
and all the time I think
how warm it used to be
Unknown "Erica :0)" Surprised - 16 years, 3 months, 19 days ago