After a while you learn the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul.

That love doesn't mean forever.
Company doesn't mean security.
Kisses aren't contracts and presents aren't promises.

You begin to accept your defeats.
With your head held up and your eyes open,
with the grace of experiance, not the grief of a child.
Learning to always build all your roads on today.
Because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for plans,
and futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight.

After a while you realise that even sunshine burns if you get too much.
So you plant your own garden, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure, that you really are strong, that you really have worth.

You learn let go, you learn to say goodbye.