Goodbye

where is the good in goodbye? 

I suppose when we will meet again, 

this makes parting bearable, 

even sweet. 

yet we still say
"goodbye"

in the darkest departing. 

How do you know when to execute 

The Last Goodbye?
To employ such deft skill
As is required in mastering

The art of the final parting? 

You're lucky 

if you know the last time 

to say goodbye. 

In all honesty,
I've never gotten the chance. 

Every time they are
Simply and unequivocally
Gone.

So I look back on the last 

that I never knew would be, 

and wish
I had taken into account 

every facet of the face

and every way of every limb 

and how you're different or 

how I loved you. 

what exact features did I find 

that project who you are to me, 

and who you are to the world?

and then you are gone

and you've stolen my last chance.


2010