Goodbye

the time
you held
my face
in your hands,

tears welled up
in my eyes,
ready to fall,
ready to rain
down my skin.

but in my heart,
i always knew
that we were
meant to say

goodbye.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Bourner Avatar
January 30, 2010 at 1:03 PM
welcome, thanks for entering such excellent poetry :) ------Ell
Chircop Avatar
January 29, 2010 at 5:19 AM
this is painful and sad yet remember with every goodbye there is a Hello..Welcome to our site..Charma
H. Avatar
January 28, 2010 at 7:05 PM
thank you for your kind words and encouragement(:
Brown Avatar
January 28, 2010 at 8:55 AM
I would like to welcome you to PoetrySoup Ollie. I also wish you the best in your writing endeavors. If you have questions please feel free to ask anyone here. We are all willing to help and if we don't know the answer we will find someone who does. Love, Carol
Dietrich Avatar
January 27, 2010 at 2:47 PM
oh, so sad, and such a nice poem to read from you! andrea
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