Sad Word Goodbye

-Sad Word Goodbye-
by
Keaton Foster



I came here to cry
I came here to try
My intention is to offer
The smallest of a white lie
God above will forgive me
For he knows what I must do
Peace is both simultaneously
My salvation and redemption
Such whispered words of forgiveness
Flow against the grain
Nonetheless I persist
Never one with nothing to say
Easily I betray all that the angry man
In me ever wanted to convey
If you could understand
I know that you would agree
What a neutral place to be
Free of all that we mean
Free of all that had to be
Like empty ships
At the deepest depths of the sea
Nothing else needs to be said
The sad word goodbye
Is all that can be left
Nothing else needs to be expressed
I have set you and myself free
Escaping all that was once believed
You are now deceased
Death was your only way
Fortunate am I to have another
Our paths are quite different
For you it was always
About suffering
For me it will always
Be about living
For you it was always
About something unknown
For me it will always
Be about believing
Not in you of course
But in something greater
Than the power that you
Use to hold over my head
Like a ton of bricks
I will miss you as I always have
I will mourn you for a brief
Moment in time
Then I will turn and walk away
Never again upon this place
Will an ounce of sorrow I waste
The sad word goodbye
Is all that is left and all that I owe
I will pay my debt in full
There will be no remaining balance
Of any equation that you and I shared
I say a kind prayer
After all I am human
And you, my mother
Gave me this life
Such a reluctant gift
You did not want to give
You died without me
You died most alone
Forever you will be
Within your bones
I am done
The time is now for the
Sad word goodbye…



Sad Word Goodbye
Written by Keaton Foster Copyright © 2013