A smiling goodbye

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    A smiling goodbye

     I knew the day it ended
    That which we had once
    Long ago called love,
    When you touched my lips
    With silky tips
    Traced the contours of my face
    And looked me in the eye
    A gaze filled with regret
    For everything to come

    We sat side by side
    Quiet in reflection
    Trapped in the past
    Which ended in the now
    And now, years on
    When I think of you
    A small smile graces my lips

    Once again pulled into k
    What could but never was
    I sigh, remembering
    the care you took of me
    And all the little things we did
    Waking side by side
    Coffee in foreign lands
    Speaking the universal tongue
    Of people lost to love

    So I wonder and ponder
    At where it all went wrong
    There was no pain in parting
    Just an aching sadness
    That can never leave
    The could have beens
    The future left untold
    Places we never saw,
    Words left unspoken,

    My love never died
    Just drifted in its silence
    Forever left to memory

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    anglescry2 commented on A smiling goodbye

    10-07-2009

    this poem really touches me in a moving way... i can relate to it and in my opinion that is what makes a good writer:relatable writing kudos
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    Drowningmoon commented on A smiling goodbye

    07-31-2009

    This is really beautiful, an indescribable longing, brilliant.
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    Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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