We Never Know
Each farewell
contains the implied hello yes it is my intention to see you again
and yet... each
farewell could be the last we never know
it has happened all
too often friends and lovers together for the last time
life too precious to
hold like a bird in a cage we all need to be free
to live as we
choose to come and go without question to roll in a ball
to bask in the
sun to sing our song at the top of our lungs
no we never
know it has happened all too often but for the one who is left
the last farewell
can be a turning point so memorable
it can never be
forgotten each moment of the farewell played over and over
i held my
breath you looked down your eye lashes shadowed your cheek
you made pancakes
for breakfast took a shower called to me
i was late hurried
out the door closing it behind me
we never know i
promised i would return in the morning you were no longer there
i sat by your
bed you took your last breaths i loved you then...and always will
each time we
part could be the last time each hello precious
May 25, 2016
Note: When I think of the unintended farwells of my life. Each one I wish could have been different, if only I had known. But that is life, imperfect at its' best.
Note: When I think of the unintended farwells of my life. Each one I wish could have been different, if only I had known. But that is life, imperfect at its' best.
5 comments:
So honest, so true it hurts, because our ignorance of future events is a spiritual firewall. If we knew of every calamity before it happened, we'd be so burdened we would never get out of bed to face the day.
Oh yes, it hurts, those hasty farewells, the busy-ness of life, we unaware that this might be the last goodbye......sigh. Heartbreaking, and real, my friend. How these losses change us. Deepen us. Dip us in the vat of sorrow over and over again. We are strong stock, to withstand.......
Embrace each hello and every "goodbye". The Hello is an affirmation that you matter to someone and that that someone matters to you. The goodbye is a pregnant pause between the next Hello! The pauses do hurt, I agree, but the next possible greeting is made more sublime should it occur.
sMiLes.. aS iN
reaLITy evolved
sTiLL as such
humans are usuAlly
only comfortable in connecting
to 150 to 200 sets oF eYes aT oNe
era oF tHeir liFE.. the BlesSinGS
iN liFe are to connect
to as many Loves
as possible..
i for one
FeeL.. so
oF course
see ya laters..
are necessary..
but i never say
goodbye as i aLways
beliEve in more.. jUst
'cause i can.. and oh what
a gift the Hello of Can iS
mY
Friend
when REAL..:)
Aw, this was such a tenderhearted and honest poem, in the way it grappled with every person's need for freedom and change, but the pain that comes with moving on. The little details of the eyelashes shadowing the cheek, making pancakes, taking a shower... it's those little everyday things that are the most touching
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