HELP ME SAY GOODBYE
Help me say goodbye and do not make it
harder to leave you because of tears in
your eyes. Smile that knowing smile I
have grown to expect and hold yourself up
straight and tall. Let me walk this path
that awaits me without regrets. Each day
has a dusk, a night and an end. Let this
day be one where the sunset remains in
your memory, one where the sky was full
of bright shining stars and the glow
of the moon lit up the darkness.
All the old cliches about good things
that must come to an end, and nothing
lasts forever, they are all saying what
we know is true. There is a time when we
can walk side by side and a time for one
to go on and the other to walk alone for
a time. The memory is what will fill the
emptiness and let you live again the times
we had together. Help me say goodbye and
go on with confidence that you understand
and forgive the wrongs as well as remember
what I did that was worthy. It is never
right to hold so tightly to another that
you cause them pain.
Love is never having to say you are sorry
just knowing that the other understands
you well enough to feel what you feel even
if they do not fully comprehend all the
nuances of these emotions. Farewell, goodbye,
tot weeziens, auvoir the time has been well
spent but I am now ready to move on. See my
smile as I walk into the setting sun across
the sandy beach, the ocean lapping at my
bare feet. The warmth of the day begins
to envelop me as the shadows of dusk take
me into the night. One look over my shoulder
and a wave of my hand goodbye my dear loved one.
A millennium is nearly gone, a century almost
passed, a decade at an end, a year is at its
close, the last month, the final day that
concludes and marks another passing. These
we celebrate and know this is the end and
death yet we look forward to the dawn of the
next day which will be the beginning of
something new. Hold these thoughts of
rejoicing at my passing.
Read these words and know that there is an
internal clock that is ticking marking off
the moments that are left for us all. It is
only that I hear my clock ticking louder
with each passing day and before the last
of the sand slides down the smooth sides of
the hourglass I want to say goodbye. That you
made my life rich with love and appreciation
and I am honored you allowed me to share some
of the special moments of your life.
Smile now, let me carry on, remember all I
have told you. Goodbye and go on, be strong
and happy in all that you do.
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