Goodbyes - Poem for The Mag

Goodbyes

I did not want to

Say goodbye to you.

I did not want to

Look into your eyes

And say, “This is it.”

I did not want you to slip away

Your touch, your look 

And your words

To be tucked into 

My memories forever.

I did not want to

Hear the pain in your voice

I did not want to see,

Flashing like fireflies,

Helpless, doomed, 

Silent appeals in your eyes.

I know you did not want to leave me either

You never said goodbye 

You never said, “This is it.”

Maybe goodbyes are crosses

We do not have to bear.

Written by me, Zafaran for The Mag151