The Goodbye Prayer
The Goodbye Prayer
My eyes are closed and all I see Is white and ivory Dancing before me. Petals of red drizzle slowly upon me, I open my eyes and there you are. Smiling, so beautifully. I look into those eyes but I do not see me.
I panic as my beating heart no longer plays our song, nor does the heat love keep me warm. Why, why, why… I scream, I scream, I scream out loud, but there is no sound.
Swirling winds and passionate gusts engulf me. I touch my cheek, and there, in that moment a single tear shakes me out of my crazy haze. It dawns on me, that you are in me but I am no longer in you.
The waves of sorrow toss me like a piece of old debris, resurrected by the changing seas. I inhale and close my eyes slowly and it is there, only there do I see white and ivory, and so the hail of red petals cover me for it is here, I remain, always and forever with your beautiful face smiling only for me.
Goodbye.
About this poem
This poem is about loss or renewal depending on how you look at it.
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Written on January 31, 2014
Submitted by twinkle.holder on August 26, 2022
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Characters | 924 |
Words | 198 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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