As Hard as it is I have to say Goodbye

The absence is felt

gaping

hole in my heart;

where once you resided.

Cut free

wrenched from my circle

my life

dimmer

for lack of you in it.

I have tried.

I have given space.

I have given time.

The divide is ever greater

and I ache

for the loss of a friend.

Someone who never judged.

Who always encouraged.

Who never let me falter.

And though the promise is in the air

I know

it won’t be kept

it cannot be kept

and my heart breaks

for I love you.

Adopted you.

You are family.

And sometimes

as in all families

I must learn to let go.

 

©Oct. 2/21

Picture is my own