Good-bye

Written by Clinton Gardner 1998

Good-bye.
There is no good in good-bye.
For good-bye is only the beginning...
of loneliness.
Loneliness has no end.
Today is the end of my joy.

Solitude.
There is no peace in solitude.
For solitude is only the absence...
of companionship.
Companionship is hard to find.
Today I have none.

Desire.
There is no satisfaction in desire.
For desire is only an emptiness...
in my heart.
A void I cannot fill.
Today she said good-bye.