goodbye

value those we love while we have the time and opportunity

Goodbye

 

Life is a cycle

with a beginning

an end

and everything

in between

 

this is a given

for all of us

we all must face the finish

whether it be in toil

or triumph

like a bus on its route

we get on board

we ride together

some side by side

some apart

 

we share our time

our love and care

our sorrows

and joys

then get off at our stop

 

there is nothing we 

can do to prevent

Time’s plodding

it will end for us

one day or the next

 

our privilege is to

find the good

overlook the bad

treasure the “friend"

in those we love

 

because the day will come

when we must say

...goodbye...adieu

we must loose our grasp

and let them go

 

how strange that

the pleasant memories

are the lasting ones

they will comfort us

and stem our tears 

 

Reviews

[Sweet_pale_cacophony]

How sad it is that everything is ephemeral.Perhaps even all that..that we think is permanent is an illusion too...

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

a bittersweet interplay with broad and curving touching strokes~ like a gentle brush of fingertips across the forehead of a dying man with whisper of ruby lips against the skin saying "It's alright."
beautiful~

[Ladysue]

This has a melancholy tone to it, yet it is life and the message a good one...nicely done...