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A Slow Goodbye

Because the decision To say goodbye Is too hard to take Because my heart will break With your last embrace My soul bleed To see your need For me… I say goodbye Gradually Slowly…I start to fade A little less every day Pulling back Staying away A little more every day Almost imperceptible my retreat So that you don’t notice So that you don’t weep Bracing your heart For the time When I will be no more A gradual silent goodbye No need to give reasons why Just to…..fade F A D E…… While sun rays give in to shade A time to savor every last moment Gradually G R A D U A L L Y To cease to be A slowly ebbing tide That pulls away from you Without you realizing Till you are standing on only the Warm moistness Of where I bathed you Then you will know Then you will see That I’m gone… Then it will be too late To beg me to stay To plead And ask for reasons To cry A gradual goodbye For my heart is about to die I must leave You will grieve But you will be strong You will carry on For I withdrew Little by little My little songs My little words From your heart Slowly Gradually Imperceptible retreat Till one day O N E D A Y I’ll be G…….. O………. N……… E…… Eileen Manassian Ghali

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Cecilia Macfarlane

Date: 10/1/2013 1:00:00 PM

It's so important to give all of yourself and to love wholeheartedly...make the other person never want to withdraw gradually....awesome write Eileen! Hugs

Poet Tacito

Date: 9/23/2013 7:55:00 AM

Been here, done that. Stunning. Phew!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/23/2013 9:35:00 AM

:) Stunning, eh???? ;) I will accept that graciously!

Richard D Seal

Date: 9/22/2013 5:41:00 PM

Most relationships move in this direction eventually but My little Desert Orchid will go with a bang lol. Take care, Richard

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/23/2013 9:36:00 AM

Why, Mr Seal...Why must they move in this direction? This will not do. HA HA about the bang...Hmmmmm...perhaps you need to go through the poem a SECOND time...I mentioned a slowly ebbing tide...where is the BANG in that? You are a tease!!!

Donna Jones

Date: 9/21/2013 6:30:00 PM

Wow sweetie...riveting..... mesmerizing.... better than someone never realizing you are gone!...really enjoyed this one a lot...:-)

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/23/2013 9:37:00 AM

Thanks, MD...SO so sweet of you. A gradual parting of ways is perhaps better for all concerned....Easing into a new direction and path...Thanks for your comments! :)

Matthew Anish

Date: 9/21/2013 4:52:00 PM

Happens to everyone - but that does not make it easy. I hope you are having a good day and keep up the moving poetry! Peace & Love Matthew Anish

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/23/2013 9:52:00 AM

Thanks ever so much, Matthew...Yes...Poetry is my life. I'm so glad for your visit! :)

Charmaine Chircop

Date: 9/21/2013 2:12:00 PM

Ow goosebumps and a favourite..I guess that says it all..Wow

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/23/2013 9:52:00 AM

YUP YUP YUP! It sure does!!!! HUGS HUGS HUGS!!!

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 9/21/2013 1:49:00 PM

One day we will be gone and yet we will be arriving in Glory and have an eternity to ponder all we have experienced here.

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/23/2013 10:02:00 AM

Yes...it is soon...very very soon! Thank you for the post, Richard...and for the reminder...Hugs

Nette Onclaud

Date: 9/21/2013 11:52:00 AM

riveting piece you penned here, eileen... you give it a resonance that simply moves me..greeeat writing!..:) huggs

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/23/2013 10:04:00 AM

Thanks, Nette...you are always so sweet in the choice of words to encourage...I appreciate it! Hugs!

Bl Devnath

Date: 9/21/2013 10:28:00 AM

I feel instead of "So that you don’t weep" I do weep and instead of "But you will be strong" you will be weak. Excellent poem on grief tied with full emotion. You know well what the heart speaks in such circumstances. You are genius poet for me. Loved always, bl

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/23/2013 10:13:00 AM

Thanks for your input, my dear. However, I'm trying to say that I will leave gradually so that he WILL be able to move on without quiet noticing that I'm gone....Thanks for sharing your take on it, though...Very kind of you...Genius poet??? WOW! What an honor coming from a fellow poet. Thank you!!!!!!

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 9/21/2013 9:09:00 AM

When is time for us to go is not our decision but HIS! Every day, it is true, we die a little and thus we are fading away! When we go though our heart shouldn't be full of regret or any other negative feeling BUT full of love because the ONE who receives us into His arms is pure LOVE! Great sentimental poem! Excellent expressions and rhythm!

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/23/2013 10:17:00 AM

Demetri mou...this was such an amazing amazing post...Yes, Yes to all of it...I do feel like life is fading away...little by little, but every day we live is written in HIS book before any one of them even came to be, so...He knows when the time is right...Thanks for the ray of light you shed on this...Filakia, my dear professor!!!

Dr.Ram Mehta

Date: 9/21/2013 8:52:00 AM

Very touchy, emotional as well as sentimental expressions penned well, Eileen

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/23/2013 10:19:00 AM

Thank you, Dr Ram...I so appreciate your valued opinion.... :)

Harry Horsman

Date: 9/21/2013 8:12:00 AM

well i'm the first here, Eileen, this is wonderful poetry, but not surprisingly knowing of your prowess,, i find this your sentiment very scary ,, yet love to read what you write....

Eileen Manassian
Date: 9/21/2013 8:15:00 AM

Harry...You are back! I'm so glad for this visit. Hope all is well with you. Yes.....this poem can be taken many ways, Harry. Sometimes...a slow goodbye is less abrasive than an all out...I'm LEAVING, is it not? Thanks for dropping by... :)