How do I say goodbye when you go away

How do I tell you how much I loved you

When you have always

Turned emotion away.

How do I say goodbye to the person that helped give me life

The one that raised me to an adult

The one that walked me down the aisle

For me to become a wife.

How do I say goodbye to the person that held my hand

And taught me to walk

Showed me right and wrong

Taught me how to talk.

How do I say goodbye to the gardener

That taught me all about plants,

The fisherman that showed me

The way to bait a hook and be a fisher �?wo-man.

How do I say goodbye to a mountain

That was always there when I needed strength

That blocked out the sun when it was too bright

Who's knowledge flowed as if from a fountain.

How do I say goodbye to my fire

When it is cold,

My breeze when it is hot,

My jack when I have a flat tire.

How do I say goodbye to my light

When it is dark

My protector when

I am shaking with fright.

How do I say goodbye?

With love that will out live the years of age

Having the knowledge

That you no longer suffer each minute of every day.

With strength that you taught me.

With tears flowing down my face.

I will remember the warmth

Of your Love filling my heart.

I will be able to say goodbye,

Knowing that my memories of you will forever be in my heart and mind.

I will be able to say goodbye with courage.

 

© April 19, 2007

Jacqueline G. Riley