You Can Keep Everything I Gave You — Even the Love

You Can Keep Everything I Gave You — Even the Love

by Zoul Kreation

There’s a sacred kind of ending that doesn’t come with anger or noise —

just silence that finally feels like peace.

For a long time, I gave.

I gave light to shadows that couldn’t hold it,

love to places that didn’t know how to return it,

and energy to stories that were never meant to last.

I gave without keeping score,

because that’s what hearts like mine do —

we pour, we nurture, we believe.

Until one day, belief turns into clarity.

And clarity whispers,

“You can keep everything I gave you — even the love. I don’t need it anymore.”

Not out of spite.

Not out of sorrow.

But out of awakening.

Because I’ve learned that release is also love —

the kind that flows back to me when I stop chasing what’s already finished.

The kind that reminds me my energy is sacred,

and not everyone deserves access to it.

This isn’t heartbreak — it’s reclamation.

This is me remembering who I was before I forgot myself in someone else’s story.

This is me walking away with soft steps and strong boundaries.

So if you ever wonder what freedom sounds like,

it sounds a lot like this goodbye.

It sounds like a door closing with grace,

a heart choosing itself again,

a soul whispering —

I’m done giving to what drains me.

I don’t need closure.

I am the closure.

And that’s when I smiled,

looked back one last time,

and simply said —

Goodbye.

Zoul Kreation