"Goodbye" can be so hard to say,
Sometimes.
Though, true, it is easier
For some.
We have lost many through the years, Some of them
We didn't part with the way we wanted.
We didn't think they'd leave so soon.
Some were
Brothers and sisters.
Some
Mothers and fathers.
Some of them
We're lovers, friends, companions.
Some
Fought beside us.
Some of us
Got to say "goodbye."
Many of us did not.
Some of us
Will regret, grieve.
Some will
Mourn, but still love on.
We will still think of them,
Sometimes.
Always,
We will miss them, love them,
Want them back...
Sometimes.
It is unfair to say they
Are in our hearts,
Because they are gone.
And they will never come back.
Did they know what choice they made?
We can only assume they did.
Did they understand that choice
When they left us behind?
Perhaps they did.
Did they realize the price?
Eventually, if not at first.
Sometimes,
"Goodbye" is easy to say.
Sometimes,
We can let them go.
But that doesn't mean it
Was never difficult at all.
We will
Always
Miss them
And love them deeply.
And we can promise,
Here,
Now,
That we will
Never
Forget them.
It's a day late, and I'm sorry about that, but I hope you all had a peaceful Memorial Day.
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Mind's Tales
PoetryIf you're one of those folks that think that all poems need to rhyme, I'm sorry. In any case, this is a simple collection of poems. A few of them rhyme. But most of them don't.
