part 16/learning from you
i'm learning to walk away from things that are not mine. things that are not good for me. things that have hurt me in the past. things that made me make bad choices. i'm learning to walk away from you.
The speaker is working on letting go, and the poem builds toward who exactly they are letting go of. The first four lines move through a list: things that aren't theirs, things that aren't good for them, things that have hurt them, things that led to bad choices.
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