Goodbye Poems | Examples

Goodbye

You never smile when I see you
I never frown when I meet your eyes.
It seems to me that our story is over
We meant it when we said goodbye.
Form: Rhyme

Versatile friendship and relationship

All my life, I witnessed many times,

People walked into my life,

Quickly we shared our soul and mind, 

Then, for one reason or another

They eventually disappeared.

Some abruptly and left me with wonder,

Some with excuses and left without a trace.

Others just not interested and gone for ever.

It took me almost one year,

To let BB goes without a closure.

The way JC come and leave,

Triggered me emotionally upset.

JN on the other hand,

This was the second time,

She repeatedly made false promises,

Despite I asked her to focus.

Make no mistakes nor errors.

She just did not listen,

Bad things kept on happened,

Led me to make decision, 

Our friendship must end. 

It was quite ashamed, 

The way the relationships came and went.


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SAYONARA SUMMER
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sayonara, sweet summer,
melodies of warmth fade,
lilting light lingers,
while wistful winds whisper.

mellow moments melt,
hues of hope hover,
leaving summertime laughter lost
in the hush of harvest.

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Form: Didactic

Premium Member Farewell

Farewell at last
I say goodbye
My time is growing short
We meet once more
The last, I’m sure
Beneath a painted sky
When finally the world is lifted
From these words we speak
The shame, the fear, the doubt will crumble 
Worthless, to our feet
With language as a cover
Just a fake facade
A camouflage of kind to ponder
Under aimless stars 
I journey on to vagrant times
I fill my troth again
With dreams of a sweet tomorrow
And a heart now free from sin

Francis J Grasso...written 2025.09.11


Premium Member Goodbye Benjamins

Oh, can you hear that jingle
You can tell it by its smell
Your skin begins to tingle
And you feel like you're in hell

The "Benjamins" just bit you
Got that look of dull surprise 
Your shopping list won't fit you
Cuz, everything fits your eyes 

When passing by the store 
All those bells begin to ring
Then you're thru the open door
And you'll try on anything

It's time for all consumers
To say hello to Barter
Put down those ugly bloomers
Might make you look much smarter

Oh, can't you hear him holler
He's a devil in disguise 
But, what good is that dollar
When there's pennies on your eyes 

It's goodbye to "Uncle Bens"
I can't say that I'll miss you
I just pray this madness ends
But, most just can't resist you
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member No One Can

You'll no more know another man,

for if I can't have you, no one can

Premium Member this old coat

bear sweet my coat and wear it best
          its arms from me around your chest
               don’t weigh my spirit dark and dead
     I’ll be e’er-woven ‘tween each thread

its bound’ries bind you deep the night
          those shimmered stars your only light
               so when you ache for cold’s reprieves
     my love waits warm within its sleeves

time might have brought a fade or stains
          but years will show that warmth remains
               left o’er from times I’d claimed it’s clutch
     when we’ve shared hugs or just a touch

you’ll know I’m there and haunt it still
          soft scents ‘just mine’ deep in its twill
               to knit your thoughts to our dear start
     like charms have knit you to my heart

our ‘goodbye’ words I’ll make my last
          but hold me midst this frock, and fast
               when mem’ries fail to shape my face
     saves sweet, this coat, our last …

embrace.





Copyright © 2025 Gregory Richard Barden
Form: Rhyme

Destruction

A broken heart
Can not begin to describe 
The pain I feel
My heart was obliterated 
Pass the point of return
To the point
Where the ashes 
Of which used to contain my soul
Dissolved into the water of my tears

eternity

as i write this
i have two bottles on the bed next to me
filled with tiny hard capsules
they're staring at me
calling me
i've tried to resist their voices
but with each day they grow louder
i already tried two months ago
i've been trying to silence them ever since
it's hard to silence them
when it's the only comfort you get
the comfort of knowing that option is there
there is a way for the pain to stop
the suffering
i have letters written from months ago
i feel like i should've written more 
but it's not like i can get backlash
if they actually read them, there's no way to contact me
not anymore
i fear it won't work
just like it hasn't the last time
or the time before
and the time before that
and then it's just another thing to keep to myself
sometimes i wish somebody knew
but then they'd treat me different
or maybe they wouldn't
i don't know which one is worse
i'm stalling now
hoping maybe someone would text
i want to be gone but
i'd stay if you wanted me to
but you don't
so i've taken them now
it feels freeing in a way
to know the end is so near
i'm not even crying, just numb
i may do a few things
one last time
hopefully

Time says goodbye

When I am alone, and sit and dream
When the world I dreamed is missing
Yes! I remember that is a room full of light
But now the light is missing
I can't tell if you're with me

So, please close up the windows 
And let the sun come into my room
Through the door you opened
For inside the light of me,
The light that you've met in dark

It's time to say goodbye
Horizons are never distal
Would I must find them alone
Without true light shared with you

I will move over the seas
That's how I cognize the whys 
No, they no longer exist
As the time insisted on saying goodby

To The One I Leave Behind

To you, the one I leave behind, I write,
Not clothed in grief, but wrapped in tender song.
Though parting comes, as surely comes the night,
Our souls have known a bond both deep and strong.

No tear can dim the love that once was ours,
Nor silence steal the echoes of your name.
I go where time dissolves like falling stars,
Yet what we shared, no ending can disclaim.

Think not of loss, but of the life we made,
Of laughter sown, of gentle hours we knew.
Though shadows fall, let memory never fade,
But bloom eternal, evergreen and true.

So take this peace, though flesh and breath resign:
My heart will forever walk with the one I left behind.
Form: Sonnet

The Specter

The Specter

Your spent to long
Searching for fallen stars
Your moon slipped away

I hope your wishes were
Worth the price you paid

You failed the one 
Who needs you most

And now you must confront the ghost
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Our Union Is On Quaky Ground

Our relationship is on shaky ground
We don't kiss each other like before
We don't say hello and goodbye anymore
We give each other the runaround
For the grace of God
We need to sit down to talk things over
We need the help of the Lord
Countless serious promises were made
That we must keep, cherish and honor
We must always sleep in the same bed
Until the end of time, until eternity
We must behave and act maturely
We must discuss everything thoroughly
We must smile and be nice to each other
We must live in peace and in harmony
And our love and passion must last forever.

Copyright © January,2019 Hebert Logerie All Rights Reserved
Hebert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Fall foliage


autumn colours fill my eyes
leaves' transient beauty before their inevitable demise
goodbye ~ no regret or drama



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025
Form: Other

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