Goodbye Poem by Melissa Joy Chesky

I knew if I
let go;
you would really
be gone.
You would just
float away
and I would never hear
from you again –
unlike you promised.

I held on
tightly;
I relived every
single moment
every single glance
every single hug
every single touch
every single detail.

And the details
consumed me
and swelled in
my eyes.

And I left with you
a gift
I was to give you
a year before.

Then,
I left you to float
I left you to the world ahead.

I gazed into
the familiar eyes
that have looked to me
for so long

and I never
looked back
as the people around
swallowed you up.