The Woman I Became After You

I used to wait beside the window, Hoping you'd come home again. I measured all my worth By whether you would love me then. I gave away my laughter. I forgot the woman underneath. I thought losing you would break me, But it gave my heart a chance to breathe. I cried until the tears ran dry, Then something changed inside. I'm the woman I became after you. Stronger than I ever knew. You took the love I gave you, But you couldn't take my truth. Every scar became a lesson. Every goodbye made me new. I lost myself while loving you, Then found the woman I became after you. I Don't check the door at midnight. I don't wait beside the phone. I learned that being by yourself is better than Feeling alone. I wear my smile without pretending. I let my old heart speak. The woman you left crying is not the woman That you see. I won't hate you for believing. I won't thank you for the pain. But I won't deny the darkness taught me how To find my flame. You were part of my story, But you don't write the ending now. I finally know my own worth, And I know it without you. I'm the woman I became after you. And I'm finally Standing tall. I survived the night you left me. I survived it all. You couldn't see the heart you had, But now I see it too. I lost the woman I once was and became Someone stronger after you. The old blues still remembers, But the tears don't fall like before. I close the chapter gently, And I don't need you anymore.