With or Without You

With or Without You

With or without you, morning still arrives,
The sun still finds the window and the world still comes alive,
The birds don’t know our story, the clouds don’t know our pain,
And somehow every sunrise says that life begins again.

With or without you, I’ve learned to stand alone,
I’ve discovered parts of me that I had never known,
I thought that losing someone meant that I would lose myself,
But sometimes losing someone puts your heart back on the shelf.

With or without you, there are memories I keep,
Some belong to laughter, some belong to tears I weep,
I won’t erase the chapters just because the ending changed,
For every little moment helped me become rearranged.

With you I knew affection, with you I knew the pain,
With you I learned that sunshine sometimes follows rain,
And whether you remain here or whether you disappear,
I’ll carry what was beautiful and leave behind the fear.

Love isn’t always forever, though we wish that it could be,
Sometimes love becomes a lesson teaching someone how to be free,
And sometimes two people meet but travel separate roads,
Each carrying the memories of where their journey flowed.

I won’t pretend I never cared, because that would be a lie,
Nor will I spend forever asking reasons why,
I’ll take the good, release the bad, and let the future start,
Because healing isn’t forgetting — it’s making peace within your heart.

With or without you, I still have dreams to chase,
I still have songs to sing and sunshine on my face,
And if another chapter comes, I’ll meet it as I am,
A woman who has learned that she can rise and still withstand.

I won’t be frightened of tomorrow just because you aren’t there,
I’ve learned that I can carry love without carrying despair,
And if your road should cross mine, I’ll remember what we knew,
But I won’t stop my journey waiting for a life with you.

So with or without you, I’ll keep walking through this life,
Through every joy and sorrow, every wrong and every right,
You were part of my story, but you don’t control the view,
For my life keeps moving forward, with or without you