‘You have marked 111098 Items’

‘Delete permanently?’

Those memories held joyful, exhilarating memories of our wedding day.

That unexpected moment when first held hands

How you lovingly kissed me.

Our youthful moments of fleeting passion…

Turned to…

Countless nights of my sobbing and you sleeping.

Our backs facing each other…

Our communication disconnected, like broken telephone.

I beg you to ‘listen’, You command me to ‘hear’

I desire compassion, you crave fear.

This is not love, so therefore I can no longer be here…

The mental abuse of never feeling good enough for you…

I open my eyes and remember the hurt and pain, you inflicted. How it almost drove me insane.

And still the message stares me dead in the face.

‘You have marked 111098 Items’

‘Delete permanently?’

I slowly lift my index finger as I finally come to terms with the painful choice of saying goodbye, forever.

‘Delete.’

My eyes remained frozen on the pictures as they slowly began to disappear from my watery, blurry eyes…

It is a difficult but definite delete.

For once in my life, I breathed a sigh of relief.

One that housed freedom, happiness and self love.