Goodbye

When you are near

I sense an ending

Though your life once

Seemed to abound.

I see your pain

Where once was smile

And breathless times

Do bring a frown.

With that pain

Though seldom spoke of

I wish that I

Could see it gone.

It seems that life

What once remembered

No longer lights

To show you dawn.

And sadness comes

When guard is down

To feel your journey

Is ending now.

I do not know

What can I say

No knowledge known

Of world beyond.

Those lessons learned

While living life

Are left to you

To see them gone.

And my help,

my deep indulgence

Is offered now

to ease your tear.

Won't say goodbye

Won't wave

Won't cry

No solace offered as end arrives.

For moving on

Is greater still

Then being close

With body ill.

I hope you know

What caring's here

What I can't do

Is born of fear.

For when you leave

To find that high place

I'll stay behind

To wander here.

And as you soar

Above the rest

My secret thoughts

Will become clear.

So as you leave

New journey starts

I'll shed a tear

And wish you well.

Your new start

Is ending old

And journey's end

Starts newness bold.

Good leaving friend

May journey stir you

I'll join you when

My time has come.

Then lessons shared

they will continue

as new life’s road

walks into sun.