Goodbye

I wish I could say goodbye.
I wish I could have said goodbye.

I wish you could have heard me say goodbye, today,
and felt it and knew how much I loved you.

I wish you could have seen goodbye
in my eyes, and my voice.
I wish you knew, I wish you know, now,
that goodbye has been said,
although you are dead.

I wish you felt loved as you died.
I wish you could see how much I have cried,
but you didn't,
and you can't,
because you were alone,
and afraid, like I am
as I write goodbye.

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