Goodbyes Poem by JAMES T. ADAIR

Emptiness
had held me here for hours
wondering how to say goodbye

I'm not a dramaic man
I'm just a simple guy
I'd rather slip away
than say goodbye

But I've lost others who left
and never said a word
and I remember
the emptiness
and the painful silence
I heard

We were freinds you and me
and I loved the feeling of feeling free
but lately you have no time
its hurtul to realize and see
and I don't have the heart to make a plea
not much heart left in me
just a broken memory

And if I ever have the courage to leave this life
and to start anew
and choose a woman to be my wife
I hope she'll be just like you
kind and soulful and true
and so there is nothing left now to do
but to release the dream I held of you

this life is now all but over
and it was only briefly I was feeling bolder
to hang on to a youthful dream
that the world would melt away
and leave you to be my queen

These dreams of love die so hard
Life has dealt another hurtful card
and this hurt I can hardly bear
So this night I can only sit and stare
and dream of an imagined moment in your care


© James T. Adair