Goodbye for Now

The pain of saying goodbye

       Hurts more than

           the day you died.

For it means

      I'm not forgetting us

          but I need to move on.

One day,

       we will meet again

            and we'll never have to say

                goodbye.

For then,

        my life on earth

             will have ended.

But 'til then

       I need to do what I must

            to start healing.

So for now,

       it'll just be

           goodbye for a while.

About the Author
I was very happily married to Ray for 36 1/2 years. We have been together for over 38 years. I thank God everyday for bringing Ray into my life. Ray was my first and only love and I miss him more than life itself. I used to write short stories & poetry as a way to help in my recovery from my childhood. I journal quite a bit. Writing is a release for me and helps me to cleanse my soul.
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