The word so simple
contains all
the sorrow
in the world
the weight of
centuries
goodbyes
not always final
I will see you again
but sadness
cloaks
the very syllables
the young
the old
somewhere in between
we learn
there is no end
the cycles
circle
even goodbyes
are hellos
with something else
ends turn to beginnings
in the long span of life
paths walked
pivots
shifts and turns
goodbyes
past one landmark
a road sign
a cry on a winter night
hope rising on a summer morning
goodbyes
laced with tears
underlay with eagerness
a voyage
a new chapter
an adventure
something new
goodbyes
hold all sorrow and hope
so our goodbyes
are not the end
just one stage
in life
in friendship
goodbye
until we meet again
for the length
of life’s road
is long
goodbye
captured in a sigh
in a song
goodbye is not the end.