Goodbye

Goodbye Such a lonely, sad word Sometime there is no recovery No recourse Just the inevitable We say it so casually Then turn away Expecting the other to be But eventually, they are simply gone Final as the death of beginnings Aspirations killed before realization Unfriendly glares to smiling hellos Damned before they start I find little good in its sentiment It is the termination of What was; of what is; What could be..if only For there are better ways to part Expressing good wishes--Love Expectations of joys to come Lingering with a heart smile Hasta la vista--Until I see you Auf wiedersehen-Until we meet Arrivederci-See you soon Farvel-Farewell There are so many other options So many ways to leave. Finality arrives on its own. Such a lonely, sad word-- Goodbye (So many other languages have beautiful sentiments behind their parting phrases, why do we use one that is so final?)