Goodbyes

Farewell to the innocence

Farewell to the whines

Farewell to the time

I didn’t know of goodbyes.

For I’m all grown up now,

I’ve seen the pain

I’ve seen the cries

I’ve seen what it means to say goodbye.

For I’m in a different place now,

I’ve seen the smiles

I’ve seen the frowns,

I’ve seen that grins cover the pain.

All of my life now is saying goodbye

Goodbye to people

Goodbye to places

Goodbye to things with a thousand faces

Sometimes the dreams keep me up at night

Of what life could have been,

And of a thing,

A thing they call light.

But light I haven’t seen,

Farewells are dark.

Goodbyes are grim.

That’s what clouds my vision, that’s what I see.