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
Copyright © Eileen Manassian | Year Posted 2013
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