Good-bye Forever...

I would love you longer

But time must have its say

It steals you from my grasp and turns you

Into yesterday

Sometimes I overlook you

In living’s to and fro

Until the hour took you, love

Where I can never go

Forgive my jolly folly

While you are sweet and kind

I, footloose, dance upon a path

We always leave behind

And on those bluer days, love

I start to realize

How often you have come to be

Life’s beautiful surprise

…and I would love your longer

But Time seems to deem fit

To always whisk you from my arms

After we dance a bit

Goodnight and fare thee well, love

We will not meet again

But thank-you for the sweet sorrow

That comes with parting’s pain

© Janet Martin