An arms length

Now I remember why I don't let people in.  It was a painful lesson I learned as a child.  I wish I had never met her.  She turned my life upside down and now she's walking out.  But I am left with this perfectly acceptable life.  Guess I will just have to get used to "acceptable" again.  Thankfully, Pavlovian logic suggests that I won't have to endure this type of loss again.