RELATIONSHIP Poem: The Universe is Receiving Me, by Ryan Rahman

The road ahead is long for me,
Yet I trust what lies beyond it.
And I won’t impede your path,
As you continue on your own journey.

You’re free to follow your path;
I now choose to follow mine.
Because at the end of the day,
Isn’t that what this is all about?

I was swept away by deep emotions,
Feelings I surrendered to.
Too much optimism, too much desire—
But now I see with newfound clarity.

I gave the best of me,
Without question, without hesitation.
I shared my victories, my wounds, my truths,
Parts of myself that were long concealed.

The ground beneath me has given way,
Crumbling and collapsing.
I’ve fallen into that void
Where your colors cease to be.

And while I go through the motions,
However long it takes,
I’ll take my time surveying the aftermath,
Learning what I can from the fragments left behind.

In time, I know I’ll heal.
I’ll recover and rise again.
I honor what was real,
As I release what’s no longer mine.

I release all those dreams,
The future I once imagined.
Like ashes spread in the sea,
I watch them drift away with love.

I won’t vanish and I won’t fade.
I’ll rise again, better than before.
I’m still rebuilding, but I’m becoming,
Because the universe is receiving me.

You’ll never know the depths of my grief,
Or how I suffered in silence.
But I’m thankful for all of it,
For it made me wiser, and I remain open to love.

I let go of this heartbreak, return it to the stars—
Without bitterness, without resentment.
I keep my hope, I keep my belief,
That the universe is receiving me.

And perhaps one day,
All of this may reach you in some mysterious way.
But that’s not my intent—
Because my purpose is to heal and keep moving forward.

As this chapter ends and the page is turned,
I look forward to what the future holds.
Because deep down I hold onto this conviction:
The universe is receiving me.

And sometimes—
The universe sends something back.