Metamorphosis & Cultivation

Tonight I realized that I did not, as some people believe, bend or change who I am to fit what she wanted me to be. I did not change my life to follow hers. I met her doing what I loved, going to shows, listening to music, reading books, and making art. In the three years that we were together I continued that, and she allowed me to further explore the depths of a culture and scene that I am greatly in awe and appreciation of. This does not mean that without her I cease to be – that I must reinvent myself – but that I am now able to proceed on my own, unaccompanied, to pursue my desires, my loves, lusts, and adoration uninhibited by her influence, but also reverent of the things that she cultivated within me.