My Last Goodbye :: linlee :: Original Poetry

My Last Goodbye
I'll say my last goodbye

and then I'll say no more;

I'll share my last and final word

while walking out the door.

Remembering some good,

I'll smile and walk away;

for all I have and still have not

I'll face a different day.

I've felt the sting of death:

you've spent your evil years

by poisoning my gentle heart

and playing on my fears.

But I will rise above

the harm that you have done;

forgiveness and sincerity

will prove that I have won.

When I have packed my things

and found a place to be,

while others think revenge is sweet,

I won't let that be me.

How many times I've lost

my self-respect in pain

of insults, lectures, nasty names,

but it was all in vail.

I won't retaliate;

I won't be sad and blue.

I'll say goodbye and walk away

and say a prayer for you.