Friend Goodbye Poems | Examples
These Friend Goodbye poems are examples of Goodbye poems about Friend. These are the best examples of Goodbye Friend poems written by international poets.
dear old friends
adieu languid summer days
~ treasured memories
School was out, setting her free in summer -
free to tell friends bye, be lonely and cry.
Tears would spill for a best friend of one year
who she had learned would in time forget her.
Most teens knew same place and faces through school.
Military brats do not live that truth.
Summer would decide her joy for school's start.
Parents choose suburbs, not an army base,
to be this year's school and friends starting place.
She hoped the house was in a neighborhood
with teens her same age to share summer skies,
then fall, winter and spring for her next page.
Death walks over,
boots quiet on the bar floor,
pulls up a stool
like we’ve met before.
He tips his hat,
cold eyes, tired grin.
Says, “It’s time, friend.”
I just nod,
signal the bartender with a raised chin.
"Two drinks for the road."
I say it like a prayer,
like a dare,
like I’ve still got something left in the tank
even if I don’t.
He doesn’t rush me.
Death never does.
Just watches
as the glass hits the wood
and memories start to pour.
One for the brothers I left in the sand.
One for the promises I broke with my own hands.
We drink in silence.
Not out of respect—
but because neither of us
needs to explain the wreck.
I ask if it hurts,
when it finally comes.
He says,
"Only when they fight.
Not when they’re done."
I look at my hands—
scarred, steady.
Worn from holding
more ghosts than glory.
Then I finish the second glass,
stand slow.
“You ready?” he asks.
I say,
“Ready? No. But I’m not scared anymore.”
We walk out the door
under a sky I don’t fear.
Not because I want to go—
but because I’ve been carrying the end
for years.
My
angel
how are you?
I am OK.
Wish you were here now,
I miss you very much.
Is heaven above the sky?
On the other side of the clouds?
Way up really - really high?
One day I hope to be up there with you.
For now I guess I am stuck here on earth.
Waiting to be with you everyday,
and with every long lonely night.
I love talking just to you.
Can you hear me talking?
I want to see you,
guess that must wait.
Wait for now.
Goodbye,
me.
I lost my beautiful dog today
I lost my dearest friend
She took with her
a piece of my heart
I’ll never feel again
I know you’ll say
there will come a day
when your heart is filled with another
but you didn’t know
my Chuli girl
A dog unlike any other
I’ve never cried
or felt inside
the way I felt with her
saying goodbye
as I watched her die
and nuzzled my face in her fur
Now I’m back home
I feel so alone
The silence is filled with tears
I miss her so
You’ll never know
She was part of my very best years
So many friends came to say goodbye
Remember the good times, not going to cry
You were such a part of everyone you knew
A special someone for everything that makes up you
Hard to accept that you are no longer here
Keep waiting for the moment when you reappear
It really hit me, hearing the songs you wrote
Nobody else could quite hit that same note
You just had the voice, perfect for that sound
Never could be matched, from anybody around
You've always been a part of us, somewhere in the background
It doesn't feel right, not having you around
This may have come late, but now I realize
You have always been a special part of our lives
I picked up my phone,
There was a message from you,
When I read it,
My heart fell to the floor.
Your parents don’t like me,
And they want to keep us apart,
Yet somehow you still love me,
And I have no idea why.
Goodbyes aren’t forever,
They just mean “see you later”,
You told me you’ll come back to me,
And I know you will.
But it’s still a hard pill to swallow,
Because the only thing harder than saying goodbye,
Is waiting for the day when you’ll come back to me.
stand still
remember those times
sincere friendly innocent chats
could have had a true real friendship
drama
Death, death, Oh! Old Death
Old death makes everybody dry and sad
Death even makes kings who are grumpy and mad
Absolutely powerless, helpless and useless
Death makes us mute, motionless, lifeless and deaf
In the darkest, hottest part of the crater
And deep within the brightest cell or cache of the chamber
Where too much light
Blinds the retinas and this is never right
Death makes everybody lifeless, powerless and useless
Death, death! Nobody can get used to you
Death, death! You are a fool too
For stealing life which is vitally precious
Death, death! You are backward and too ambitious
Nobody can get used to your ways
Because you make us part ways
Old death! You never show compassion and pity
You are wicked, greedy, sick and crazy
Old death, will you leave us alone?
Please use a different style and tone
Death, death, Oh! Old Death
Old death, you make everybody weak and mad
Old death, you make us worthless, lifeless and sad
Death, death, old death, please go away
Go, go away, please go, go find your way.
Copyright © April 25, 2025 Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.
FOR IX : EMIGRATING FRIEND
Fly lightly IX within Merlin’s wings
may your Mohican pony-tail
grow thick and strong
may Africa kiss America
with gentle sensation long
may salty breath of Cape Town
mingle with New York ~
may clear sub-atomic particles
continue to dance in humble service
with harmonious Awareness
may two crows and all Duality
dissolve into Unity
via your Trinity
We release you into
Big Apple arms beguiling
knowing you will not be
swallowed at an unknown core
as dual citizenry is but a feeble
stop to Total Dissolution’s door
the Truth is IX
your disposition is
Pure and your belonging
is everywhere
sure
When I see you I fill with joy
You have been there all along
You played with me
all day long
You bring me what I need
You'll never let me fall
even when you're gone
you will here my call
you and me running across the lawn
Even if it hurts to see you go
I love you, my friend
are love will only grow
I will always lend a hand
I was never here for passing time,
Never here for love denied.
I thought we’d walk this road as one,
But love has left me far behind.
If I love you, how can I not break?
When you are not mine to take.
To watch you smile, yet stand apart,
It slowly shatters my fragile heart.
You say that friends we still can be,
But love and friendship don’t agree.
For what’s a friend when love runs deep,
To stand and watch, yet never speak?
I gave you all, my heart, my time,
Yet love was never truly mine.
I was just there—just one more name,
But to me, you were my flame.
I mattered not—I see it clear,
Just words I held, just dreams too near.
But now I go, I leave, I fade,
No more a shadow in your shade.
How lucky are the ones who stay,
Who hold your light, who share your way.
But I must leave, I won’t pretend—
I can't be "just" a friend.
I take my feelings, take my pain,
And whisper softly in the rain.
No more wishes, no more fight,
Just letting you live your life.
You were the best friend I never had,
The love I held in trembling hands.
The one thing pure, the one thing true,
The brightest light I ever knew.
We had our storms, we had our fights,
Yet I believed we'd make it right.
Through every fall, through every scar,
I thought we'd heal—we'd come this far.
But love is not just words we say,
Not something fate won’t take away.
You left, and with you, went the past,
Our memories burned, too bright to last.
What do you do when perfect breaks?
When love is real but filled with ache?
If pain still lingers, is it love?
Or just a wound I can't rise above?
I hold on tight, though it’s not fair,
To ghosts that breathe in empty air.
And maybe one day, I’ll let go,
But today, I mourn the love I know.
At a loss. know not what to do
Not ready to say goodbye to you
Talked online for over a year
Became good friends, I love so dear
Sometimes we talked all through the night
We brought our inner souls to light
We shared secrets only each had known
Our love as friend has really grown
Our friendship has grown and I know it's real
Though sometimes I feel that its no big deal
Given time this friendship could grow
you know the saying "Time will Show"
If only you were here, my life would have been easy
The way we love each other was simple for no reason
Together our life held so much between us
We would stay by each other side even if we were fussing
Now I have to realize that my life has to go on without you
I'm in this world along hoping that it's a dream, but in reality, it true
My heart is devastated because we were just together
Enjoing the moment of life because we thought we had forever
No one could stop death from knocking at the door
We where alway told to live your life to the fullest because tomorrow could be no more
I wish I could have been with you, I could have said goodbye
But now I'm all along living in a world and I'm about to cry
So say hello to all our ancestors that left us along the way
I know deep in my heart we will see each other again some day.