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How to Say Goodbye
Peace be with you
Don’t walk away
But -
- you’re gone
and so -
- I left
Creaking my rusted,
brittle spine around -
- away
You should have said
Peace Be With You -
- in farwell
but you disappeared in silence
I waited, then I stopped
One spin
of my heel and you were gone -
- with a click,
your shadow melting with those
behind me.
My shadow extricated -
- and excused
itself from the masses, toying on the
fringes of freedom
How could I foresee your stalking back
here into my world, taking
the oxygen in the room
and cramming
my shadow -
- into a corner
Now, there is no where to go
No room for my shadow,
opaque hands press against closing walls -
- gasping
I cannot see, I cannot breathe
and I dare not hope to understand
So tell me whatever the hell you
want to say or get the heck out of here
There is no room for me, let -
- Me Speak.
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