Saying goodbye

Saying Goodbye

In my life that has been filled with so much

sorrow and many regrets there are so many

moments that are embedded in my memories

that I cannot and will never forget, for you see I have

now faced all the skeletons that I have hidden

away in the dark closets that fill my mind

and I have beaten back all of my demons that

have been haunting me and I am now finally

okay with my littered past that I have truly regretted

all this time. I have found in life that you will

find all of your strength in all the times and

moments of your weakness as you never know

just how much you really have until you survive

the strongest of the storms yet still stand up and

walk out of the dark still alive. For once after all

these long and hard many years I have finally

been able to let go of all the hate and anger that

had been filling my heart so full and now have

come to a place where I can find peace with you

but even more importantly I have found peace

within myself.I have been weighed down all these

years with the pain of a broken heart from your love

that was never mine from the start while I have been

strapped down with a soul that cries in anger for

the sheer loneliness of a life that it has had

to bare while carrying the pain of missing the

real you. I have been lost somewhere in the

recesses of my mind while trapped in all of the

memories of our past for way too long, but baby

please know that it has not been easy and

that as the tears are falling forming a river of

goodbyes please know that I will always love

you, but it is the time that I now start moving forward

with what is left of my life and it is time that I can

finally, start moving on turn away from you, and

say goodbye.

Richard M Knittle Jr. ©

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