Saying Goodbye
My last night in a home that befriended me
Confusing thoughts, leaving so many memories
Childhood into teenage years
It held me safe and warm
Always comforting, now times are sad
Standing in my bedroom saying farewells
Making speeches to invisible friends
I now visit each room in turn
Opening doors and saying goodbyes
Some I enter, just to say hi
Some tears form, the loss of a friend
Walking the garden, trees I climbed as a child
An inner voice spoke of a challenge
A door, a cellar, concrete steps
Leading into the fear of darkness within
I stood before a door, opened once long ago
Shrugged my shoulders and lifted the latch
The usual sound as the door creaked
Standing before darkness that frightened
I now Entered my lifelong fear
Be brave, my inner voice said
Now standing at the bottom of the concrete steps
The silence was deafening, the darkness surrounded
Coldness enveloped as if alive
I spoke a challenge into the gloom
Goodbye to you and my fear of this room
Imagination controlled, my bravery held its own
Turning to walk up steps I had ran up once before
I left the darkness of this cellar
I even dared to look behind
I have defeated this fear of mine
Closing the latch, made one last clanking noise
The echo made the scene final
An evening of dreams waited patiently for me
Morning’s last look drained me as I walked away
Adventures to head for on this new day
Another chapter presented, onward and upward.
Copyright © John A'Hern | Year Posted 2021
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