Good-byes are Like That...

Good-byes are like that;

...hands letting go

While hearts hold on

You gave me the old ‘tip ‘o the hat’,

but oh,

You’ll never be fully gone

Cause right there where

you used to be

Is the picture of

A memory

I never cared

For good-byes;

Blue, blue air

…the relinquishing of

Eyes looking in eyes

Is hard to bear

Yet ever within reach

You stay with me

In the picture of

A memory

With every hello, oh,

I know

It is true

Eventually will come

The letting go

Of you

But good-bye gently frames

What used to be

…the picture of

A memory

© Janet Martin

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What good to stare

With hollow eyes

At yester-years

for everywhere

Love's good-byes

Hover near

And what we hold

Too soon must be

The picture of

A memory

Good-byes are not
Abandoned ruins
of love
They are the aftermath
of
holding close
And I will always
Be
thankful for  pictures of
A memory