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John Yaws
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since 1999-10-09
Posts 860
Texas

0 posted 2000-09-09 02:26 AM


Sometimes we have to say goodbye-
No matter how it hurts...
To try and go on otherwise-
One with disaster flirts.

I guess it’s sometimes easier...
To up and walk away...
Than wait for tragedy to strike-
In some far, distant day.

Goodbyes do not come easy...
But I’ve had to say a few...
The hardsest goodbye of them all,
Is the one I can’t tell you...

You’ll wake up in the morning-
And you’ll find my things are gone...
I cannot justify it,
For I know my ways are wrong...

I had to write a line of verse,
At least I had to try...
And whether you should cry, or curse-
At least I said, “Goodbye”.

© Copyright 2000 John R. Yaws - All Rights Reserved
Juice
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since 2000-09-08
Posts 7
Pennsylvania USA
1 posted 2000-09-09 02:40 AM


It's always hard to come up with the words to say good bye, sometimes it is better to just move on.  Love it.
Beth
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since 2000-07-06
Posts 468
WA, Australia
2 posted 2000-09-09 03:21 AM


~Good byes are difficult..Especially when it is loved ones...You know what is right in your heart and you will do the right thing according to your heart..Thanks for sharing!~

~Cherie~

JamesMichael
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since 1999-11-16
Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA
3 posted 2000-09-09 05:48 AM


My wife left me without saying goodbye or leaving a goodbye note...and I thought for quite a while that I had really got ripped off...you know at least she could have left a note...
Realize now there are lots of ways to say goodbye and she was so driven by her anger that it was probably better that she didn't leave a note...I've had it happen both ways and a note that says goodbye hurts just as much as not receiving a note...James

Kethry
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since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082
Victoria Australia
4 posted 2000-09-09 06:52 AM


I'd agree goodbyes are hard, and sometimes you never know whether you should have said anything or not.
Good poem though.

Be well
Kethry


"It is the image in the mind that links us to lost treasures;
but it is the loss that shapes the image,
gathers the flowers weaves the garland."-

Nan
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since 1999-05-20
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Cape Cod Massachusetts USA
5 posted 2000-09-09 07:59 AM


I guess there's just no real good way, is there?  Your words and feelings are always well portrayed, though, GS..
Sunshine
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Listening to every heart
6 posted 2000-09-09 08:15 AM


This IS just a good poem, GS...right? What I am asking is...there's no real truth in it for you!? We'd miss you so much!
WhtDove
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since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245
Illinois
7 posted 2000-09-09 09:02 AM


  
Remember that we're always here,
Just in case you're are in need.
A place you're always welcome in
To come and let your soul be freed.

I hope you're not leaving us, but incase this is what's happening, I hope you know you always have a place to come. A place where you have friends, that do genuinely care.

Though the faces may change, remember we're always here.
I hope the brighter days in life find you around the corner GS.

You write some very well expressed poetry.
Have no doubt if you go you will be missed.
No matter what aspect of life it's in. Whether here or someone else's life...you shall be missed.

Goodbyes are never pretty.

Denise
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8 posted 2000-09-09 02:51 PM


Goodbyes are never easy, that's for sure. Great poem, John!

Denise

Meadowmuse
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since 1999-12-27
Posts 3263

9 posted 2000-09-09 07:25 PM


You've made even "Goodbye" a thing of substance and beauty, dear Troubadour.

~ Claire

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant?......Henry David Thoreau



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