Letting Go

You'd be proud to know

I don't stare at my feet anymore

I don't sit quiet in the back of the class

I don't seek shelter while the storm passes

I don't stutter anymore, when I say

Hello

You'd be proud to know

I'm quite comfortable alone

I've learned to let go of the ropes

I don't fear the crash that follows

The fall

You'd be proud to know

I've not changed at all

I've shone the light on faults

That kept so well, in the cellar

Before

You'd be proud to know

If it didn't mean I was gone

If it didn't mean you were wrong

If it didn't mean we didn't belong

Together

Now you're on your own

You'd be proud to know

That my memories have kept you close

And yet, what's left of me is still more

Than you'll ever know.