The Word To Say

(i) Hello, I say with silence, but you don't seem to hear; I'm close, i say with distance, to you I'm all but near. Hello, I say with words, but you can't read through lines; I'm scared, I say with smiles, to you, I must be fine. Hello, I say to others, but that word was meant for you; I'm all right, I say to everyone, do you also think it's true? Hello, I say, but still you don't reply; hello, I shout, hello, I cry. Hello, I wave with hands, but they're shaky desperate, weak; I have no air in me to breathe, look, listen when I speak. Hello, I say to you, but you hear and turn away; hello I scream and scream again - is goodbye the word to say? (ii) Goodbye I breathe with silence, but still I see you there, as though my mute confusions were a signal that I care - as though my form of leaving were a toothless paradigm, and not a painful putsch against the tyrannies of time. Goodbye I say to minds you greet, but the word was meant for you; I have no time for gland hellos, I wonder that you do. Goodbye I say. yet you remain; goodbye but, oh. your're there again! Goodbye my gingers sign, but they're shaky, desperate weak; I have no air in me to breathe, I have no room to speak. Goodbye, I shout in turn, but you still don't turn away; goodbye, I scream and scream again - is hello the word to say?