Neo Lechwenyo Poet Free verse

I once said goodbye-2017

I once said goodbye aged 9, so tired and worn,
Lost in a world where hope had torn.
The weight was too heavy, the road too long,
I felt like I didn’t belong.
The nights were dark, the days felt cold,
A heart too broken, a soul too old.
I thought of leaving, of closing my eyes,
No more pain, no more goodbyes.
But then, something changed, a flicker, a light,
A spark in the shadows, so gentle, so bright.
I thought of the moments I hadn’t yet seen,
The laughter, the love, the spaces between.
In that silence, a whisper, a plea,
"Stay just a little, let your heart be free."
I once said goodbye, but now I see,
There’s more to life than what I believed could be.
The storm still rages, the road still steep,
But I found the strength I thought I’d lost to keep.
And now I walk with a lighter heart,
Ready to live, to heal, to start.
I once said goodbye, but today I choose,
To embrace the life I almost would lose.

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