Fate:

I've let things go, 

Usually to spare them from myself.

Like the wave retreating back from the shore,

I've let things go despite wanting to stay. 

I've learned to unplug myself,

as painful as it can be,

like a limb being torn away from a wounded body .

I've learnt to hide my pain and disappointment,

And I've labelled it 'Fate'.

So every time I broke away from someone dear to me, 

I said to myself it was 'Fate', 

that spared my loved one from me.

I've heard my mouth speak the words 

"I'm happy for you" with a painted smile across my face ;

half smiling , half laughing-

laughing at my 'Fate ' .