One Last Goodbye

Those strong arms That engulf my soul The piercing eyes That transfix me The soft tiptoes Now loud footsteps His gun in his hand His words muffled By my tears I see a blur of him But see him clearly In my mind alone The uniform of war Now a nightmare awake One last hello One last goodbye To part ways Are only words To say goodbye Lasts a second To forget this moment To say goodbye to a friend Lasts a lifetime Walking away Never to see Hear his voice My heart aches My mind swirls Hot droplets fall from my eyes To the cold ground below But to say goodbye Makes the tears The happiest ones To ever fall from these eyes One last hello One last goodbye To a friend whom my mind Will never forget