Healing

We are not alone in our anguish
Many have traveled the same lonely path
Many more still to come
Retreat to the deep part of our souls 
where heartbreak cannot follow
embrace the solitude
breathe, slowly purposefully,
until the pain dissipates
then reappear stronger, wiser, intact
ready to try again,
that's how we know we are alive
we keep trying
we search only for ourselves