kiss me goodbye

love is as ephemeral 
as a kiss 
it takes lots 
and lots of them 
to grow
yeah, I'm hurt
you're mean
I don't know
and I
probably won't
too big for you
I'm guessing
so overwhelming it
turned you into a ghost
well
all good, love
to begin with
we were only an illusion
now, ghost of an illusion
caught in feelings
never to materialize
my lovely
I feel for you
I don't know how
not to
it hurts that you
can't even
say good-bye
it hurts that I desired
and felt feelings for
your illusion 
(someone else's
flesh and blood
but MY illusion)
for enough time
to feel attached
yeah...
you leave your screen 
and go home to
the flesh and blood
that does not satisfy
and it hurts
poor baby 
why 
hurt anymore 
than you have to
just
how much more
would it hurt
to kiss me
goodbye
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Date: 1/9/2025 12:35:00 PM
Nice goodbye poem Steve. I've got a handful of Hershey's kisses I can send ya
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Steven Young
Date: 1/9/2025 12:49:00 PM
Hey, Tom, thanks. Drown my sorrows in chocolate, huh? Appreciate the offer, but take to long for them to get here. I'm headed to the store right now ;)
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