GOODBYE

Remember me as a smile

Not as an ache in your heart

Remember me as a blessing

Not a curse that cut deep and hard

Look back on me

always as a soft dream that lit your blues

Know me in your thoughts

as a wistful wish that came true.

I dare not stay longer

for the mirage will scatter

Though I yearn to be stronger

my courage does shatter

And so I leave you

before fragile desires swirl into mist

Goodbye, winsome one …

so that our friendship stays as it is.