(Tried something along the sides of free verse, but I’m not too sure how it came along. An attempt at best.)

Hellos and greetings

‘See ya’s and farewells

And yet something seems too final about a goodbye

Nothing like a ‘till we meet again’

Goodbyes never said are written in stone

A burden on your shoulders

A weighted crown

For the one you loved

Is lying six feet under

In the ground

And that is a story you can’t forget

A broken promise

You can’t forgive

This poem doesn’t make sense

Not till you experience

The unmistakable feeling of grief

If only she knew

How I’m hurting

Mother, every minute we could have had

Would have been worth it

I’d kill for ten minutes with you

Maybe even three

But tonight I’ll sit in my sorrow

And wait till I recognize the time pass

For time heals all wounds

And I will learn to thrive

Never forget another farewell

Because I know the importance

Of goodbye