Hi, Kitt!
You asked me to post a poem and so I decided to write one about what I'm dealing with right now. For those who don't know, I'm grieving my dearest friend's moving away and I don't know if he'll ever move back. He's been an inspiration to me and I love him like the brother I never had. He's been here for me since I met him and is the most unselfish person I know! If you'd asked me before this happened if someone moving away could affect one so deeply, almost like death, I would've thought it a ridiculous question! Of course NOT!.....I'd been dead wrong though! So life has taught me yet another hard lesson!
Anyway, here's my poem that I call:
The Long Goodbye
You smiled at me one day
Asked me how I was
Immediately I knew
You were one to trust.
Too many people
Never really care
But I knew you did
From the moment you were there.
It's seldom the thing
To show such compassion
Yet you never worried
about time or fashion.
When the night was dark
You gave me a light
When I was afraid
You said it would be alright.
Your presence I felt
Even when you were gone
All was okay
For you always came home.
Then came the news
That you couldn't stay
My friend was leaving
I knelt to pray.
Keep him and his safe
On this journey they take
Please bless them well
For your own Name's sake.
With tears in my eyes
I told you goodbye
I listened in wonder
For you also did cry.
'Though now you are gone
I can't face the fact
So I'll keep saying "goodbye"
Until you come back.
janetlee