The Long Goodbye Poem by Susan Williams
The Long Goodbye
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I took another step today
on that last journey I will take
the one taking me to a destination
where no one wants to go
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Thoughts keep slipping out of my grip
I can no longer concentrate like I used to
I did not think it would be happening like this
It's so much faster than I thought.
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My Father took this journey
but it took ten years
for him to notice the lapses
we had been seeing all that time.
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The day came that he stood there
looking confused and distressed
he knocked on his head as if to wake it up
and said stupid head- stupid head- stupid head.
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Now I wonder what he kept inside for those last ten years
the sudden feelings of detachment of losing touch with self
the world he knew so well refusing to come to mind
the inability to keep things straight in the gathering dusk
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.........................as he took another step
.........................on this journey of the long good-bye
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~©2018 Susan Williams
No, you're not going on that journey. We won't let you, You and your words are like gold For all those that love you And we won't let you go, Dearest, Susan, Our Poet, with the brightest glow!
If the strength of your love for your fellow man, resulted in cures- -there would be no illnesses, no anguish, left on earth. So keep on not letting us go, my dearest Sandra!
when going through the Last journey, and the sudden feeling of detachment It's really the hardest part of life..Well penned
Soran, I love the way you dig deep into the poetry you read and give us a look at our work from the outside... as in are we clear, are we generating emotion which leads to caring. Thank you, again, Soran, for being a valuable member of the PH community both as an avid reader and as a great writer!
It breaks my heart to read my own words, Soran, it is like watching a pack of wolves dragging gown a once magnificent elk
Mj- - Thank you for the 10- -dementia. Alzheimer's senility- -all destruction of the mind that takes away from a person all that living life gives a person,
Now I wonder what he kept inside for those last ten years the sudden feelings of detachment of losing touch with self the world he knew so well refusing to come to mind the inability to keep things straight in the gathering dusk
part 1 Our dear Poet Susan Williams here started talking about her other step, and no one wants to take it, but we are not free to choose. Susan has a memory that stops at a specific time, linking her to her father while they share the same journey,
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Hi Susie, A sequel to your earlier poem. Beautiful and heart-rending. : : A destination where no one wants to go: : Compared to this, death is more welcome for the subject. The emotions well brought out. I have added this to mypoem for a re. A100++
My friend, you have a good memory! Treasure it well, I agree with your sentiment but sometimes the sufferer still has good moments either from the past or from the present that loved ones can hold to their hearts. Thank you for reading and commenting and rating and placing on your fav list. Blessings, friend