the quiet part where i let it all go and everything happens

I am grateful, for I have lost

and in the aftermath of all that I once had 

I am Odysseus, surrendering, 

white water lapping at my cheeks

I hear your whisper, though I'm alone on this raft

and I forgive what’s not mine

I remember what was

and I thank my pain

for the lesson 

of the power of love

It's in this silence that I learned to trust