Alive.

If there is one thing I can count on in this unpredictable world, it's that time will change everything.
For years I've been waiting, more or less impatiently, for time to take away the pain. I realize now that some pain never goes away. Not even time could do that for me. What else I know however, is that with time, while the pain might stay the same but the heart becomes stronger with every second that passes. Every tear, every shattered breath, every stinging cut that kept me up at night has brought me to this point in my life. Right now.
Today I found out that I am stronger than I have ever been before. Time, wonderful time, has gotten me used to the pain so that I can breathe now. My heart beats now. Not for you anymore. Just to keep me alive.