Moving On...

"You just need to move on..." This is the single most condescending and painful phrase ever uttered from human lips. Can someone please define exactly what this means...

Does it mean to erase every emotion, every memory, every single kiss and touch that lingers in our soul when we have lost someone we love? Does it mean they no longer exist in our hearts and in our minds... vanished from our soul forever? For some this might come as easily as throwing away yesterday's trash... but for most "moving on" isn't quite as simple.

To give a piece of ourselves, a moment of our time... the most vulnerable and pure parts of our soul to another human being is the single most selfless and intimate gift we can ever give them. And when they are gone a piece of us dies along with the love that once lit up the corners of our heart.

No... I cannot move on. Even if I never hear their voice again... or speak their name... or grace my weary eyes upon their beautiful face... a piece of my heart and soul will belong to them. It will follow them until the end of time. Acknowledgement is not relevant... it exists there all the same. Just as they will occupy a piece of my heart and mind until the sun burns from the sky, and stars blink out of existence. My love is eternal... it cannot move on...

~ Alethea J Salazar © 2018