Testing 1-2-3

Realising with sudden clarity
That it isn't only me who can't let go
But it's you, too.

And such irony -
The one thing that tells me that
Is the one thing you thought would release me
But rather holds us both, like a lynch pin
To something in the past
Not yet done.

Maybe you don't yet realise, but I do
Maybe, like our mutual friend, you will take years to realise
The trajectory might differ,
But "all roads lead to Rome".

Well, it is not for me to intervene
I learnt that long ago
But to wait and heal and laugh and learn
And grow.

And every now and then I test
To see how much I've grown
And in the same test I can see
How much you have.

I cannot watch your growth unfold
So the day that one thing changes

I'll know

You've grown
And have truly
Let go.