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Sunday 14 September 2014

Goodbye Now And Nothing More











you were still
and everything
went mutethe doctor
and his wristwatch
last words we had said
and your hand held
there in a hospital bed
peacefully
suddenly
dead

we told your wife, your mom
huddled in a room
tears streamed down lost faces
family held fast and tight
how could he now be dead
the friend who grinned and said
squirrel

at your service in
remembrance i said
we come to mourn his death
a man ever laughing
a smile lighting up his face
a richly lived life lost
too too soon

sincere words were said
and teary goodbyes met
and you in a wooden bed
peacefully
irretrievably
dead

afterwards i sighed
a lonely turn inside
how could your life be gone
and we to carry on
the oblivious world spins on
wearily

what words might we all have said
what good times laid ahead
plans dashed now and forever
it’s goodbye now my friend
and nothing more

~e

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