Things decided

We laughed together
fell in love together
and cried together
never saw the pain come
only felt it when it arrived
came at us like a rocket
shattered us—
broke our hearts
never thought we could piece it back together
only saw the debris
strewn across the way
the road ahead was blocked
never thought to find an alternate
way
somewhere else to go
held onto all we knew
for as long as we could
and when it hurt too much
we decided—
you decided to let it go
made your way through the rubbish
through the broken bits
of everything we ever knew—
found a path
overgrown and in the opposite direction
but you took it anyway
and you found
it was your path
a different path than me