Patrick Swayze

He rubs his fingertips down the small of her back and says, "I like your new top".

Like an intrigued onlooker, you smile as you watch the person you were once inextricably linked to, become a better version of themselves for someone else.

You take a pick axe to your seemingly bottomless cavities in an attempt to uncover lingering resentment, but there's no loot to be found.

And you swore you'd weep, you thought you'd absolutely wail watching a pretty stranger assume your spotlight, snatch your TIME OF MY LIFE moment, but your eyes run dry.

And you think about how lucky he is to get a do over; he gets to be the Patrick Swayze to her Jennifer Grey, the dirty to her dancing, the hunger in her eyes.

And you realise you’ve now assumed the pretty stranger role and set yourself free,

because once a Penny, always a Penny

-She's Burning