Goodbye Season

It’s goodbye season
Characterised by clouded expressions
Wet, salty showers
And strong, blistering winds
To swell the sails of awaybound ships
Or rather, lift the aerofoils of awaybound Boeings
And to chill to the bone the shivering form
Of the left-behind-one
Handkerchief waving
Like a windsock.

It’s goodbye season
And the thermostat reads
That horrid, icy feeling
When the time to part has come
The air is saturated -
Pregnant with the words you wanted to say
But your tongue gets in the way
So you say something lame, like
“See you soon, take care…”
And you kick yourself forever…

It’s goodbye season
And that swelling in your chest
Has barometers bursting
From the pressure
Aeroplanes taxi
You get in the taxi;
Your eyesight is dimming
’Cause your eyes are swimming
And your pillow’s reading for the night -
Infinite millimetres of brine…

Reviews

[Cogito Ergo Sum]

*two thumbs up* I love.

[M.Babu]

Piece from experience ama?

The "Goodbye Season" felt authentic and heartfelt. Very nicely done....

"It’s goodbye season
And that swelling in your chest
Has barometers bursting
From the pressure
Aeroplanes taxi
You get in the taxi;
Your eyesight is dimming
’Cause your eyes are swimming
And your pillow’s reading for the night -
Infinite millimetres of brine… "