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.