Goodbye …

As nears the time of farewell
and your ship stands at the fateful noontide
ready to sail across the great blue
threatening to take you away from me
Forever.

And as i sit here tying your parting gifts
I wish i could throw in
a piece of love for you that i have
a bit of our memories together
for when the time would have passed
and I would be nothing but
a faded memory in some forgotten corner in your heart

For the first time i wrestle
with my feeble mind
and search for suitable parting words
words deep enough rich enough
to say how much you mean
As it dawn upon me
this is something, beyond the reach of words.

I wish again i could send with you to that far off land
a nibble of the infinite void that you leave in me
just to remind you in your times of lonliness
that somewhere you are always missed.

But i know this is not the place for you
and that you to a happier realm
even though my heart is happy for you
why do i find
a part of my concious weeps.

AS you smile and wave for the last time
“GOODBYE”
with the bitter sweet longing in your eyes
that i share
I need not search anymore for what should i say.
And i dare not think about the morning after
just not day but a life time without you
so for now
for the last time
under this moonlit night
let’s just be.