I missed world Mental Health Day..so here are some words I wrote a few years ago about leaving a toxic relationship & coming out the other side of a very dark time 💕✨ ‘The Last Strong Breeze of Spring’ When we first fell apart, I plunged into darkness and I fell blind. You were no longer in my world, so the world ceased to exist. I pulled at the bandaids that stuck my eyes so tightly shut, but they did not ease. I felt my way around my house. I did not venture far, as I was not used to this black abyss. I felt the walls to the kitchen, but I could not eat, so I felt them back to bed. I was so drowned by darkness that the day slipped into night, and the night into day. I know this because I did not sleep. All I was left with was my mind, and we were not getting along well at this time. She would chatter non stop, and I could not get away. She would jeer at me for my severe lack of sight. Laugh at my sorry state. She snapped at me - I would never see again. This went on for what felt like a lifetime, feeling the walls. I can not tell you if I ever slept in this time. My mind only got more fierce. I always thought we enjoyed each other's company, but not this time, not anymore. I don't know what made me do it, but eventually I raised both my hands above my head in defeat. I was done. I could not battle anymore. I hated the constant fights. But more than anything, I wanted to see again. “Okay" I said. "Let's work this out." So she helped me peel the bandaids off of my sore eyes. She soothed me when the darkness came again, and she showed me the world how it was now. It felt so different without you at first. But pretty soon Spring came and the blossom fell around me. And almost without me realising, the trees had bloomed so full that they hid your shadows with their leaves. The last strong breeze of Spring blew the torn bandaids from my windowsill. I watched as they were tossed around by the wind. She tenderly placed her arm over my shoulder, and we watched together until they were too insignificant in size to matter anymore. She took my hand and she gripped it tight. We turned our backs, and we opened our eyes to summer, my mind and I.