Opting For Mutuality, Goodbye Finds Its True Meaning..... Poem by RIC BASTASA

hello is such a word
that we always use, though
most of the times
just plain civility.

there is a hello from you
which i love most, and which
i have accepted with all
authentic gladness, but

it did not stay that long
since you opted to use the
ending of that hello, when
you finally said goodbye.

i am happy for you, honest
as i am, we parted ways,
and then embraced the
sad realities of love.

a man is happier alone when
his loved one finds true
happiness too, somewhere
somehow, in such a mutual
love, and desire.