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My Final Goodbye

I'm writing this poem to 
say my final goodbye,
the time has come for
me to lay down and die.

People who supported me
are being taken away,
others don't take me serious,but
this time I am not going to play.

When I get where I'm going
there will be only happy tears,
I will shed my sins and struggles
I have carried all these years.

So much pain and so much darkness
in this world we stumble through,
questions I can't answer and
so much work to do.

Please don't let yourself be
overcome with sorrow,
just keep looking ahead
for a brighter tomorrow.

Simple things in life I
just let slip away,
but you never know
I might be back some day.

                     Colleen Marie Bono

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Hgarvey Daniel Esquire

December 14, 2009 at 7:22 PM

Dear Colleen, If YOUR coming back someday, Why go away You might as well stay with those that LOVE YOU Exceptional Write LOVE ALWAYS...HG SOUP MAIL CALL

John Loving Iii

November 24, 2009 at 10:37 AM

well it you don't pass the test and you to do the planet earth again; good luck. jhl

Lena Townsend

November 17, 2009 at 3:19 PM

I still love her and nothing will ever change that but I pray that she found forgiveness by God and herself in those last moments of her life. More than that I pray that her children will stop blaming themselves someday and find some happiness in their own lives. They battle depression and who could blame them? I pray through my tears that you are able to find help and happiness. Hugs from an understanding soul, Lolita

Lena Townsend

November 17, 2009 at 3:15 PM

Now when I am sad I remember the look on her daughters face as I spoke the sad news and I find the strength somehow to save my children that hurt. Even when it seems we are all alone there is at least one that would suffer the hurt. And the guilt of not being able to help, feeling somehow it is my fault for not seeing the signs or doing something sooner only makes the pain in me live on. It took a long time to admit but a part of me is angry for her leaving me the pain of telling her kids.~

Lena Townsend

November 17, 2009 at 3:11 PM

I myself have felt this way many times over the years. I lost a friend to suicide in 2001 and she left behind three children. I found her in her apartment and was left with the job of informing her daughter who was at my house at the time. My heart and world were shattered. She was like a sister to me and I couldn't help her. I still hurt for it today. She was so sad and yet so loved. I do hope that peace finds you. After her death I considered it a time or two myself but I have children too.~