Goodbye
Sometimes you have to say goodbye,
To those you meet along the way,
Then they’re gone and we never learn why.
Some are gone in the blink of an eye,
They’re here and then they go away,
Sometimes you have to say goodbye.
We rage, we cry, we try to deny,
We get on our knees and pray,
Then they’re gone and we never learn why.
Others linger, they will defy,
They do all they can to stay,
Sometimes you have to say goodbye.
But, no matter how hard they try,
They eventually fade away,
Then they’re gone and we never learn why.
Some walk away, others die,
There are things you never get to say,
Sometimes you have to say goodbye,
Then they’re gone and we never learn why.
6/1/14 TLA
*First attempt at Villanelle poem.
