I am strong.

I do not let the heartbreak affect me.

I put on a brave face so as not to let them see,

even though my heart is breaking

even though I know that I am loved,

it doesn't feel like enough sometimes.

I long for a kind of love that I haven't

       yet experienced.

I know I should not feel this way

and should just enjoy the independence

        that is in my life now,

but I can't help but want what I have never had,

and wonder if I will ever have it.