Goodbye

This poem was written for knight who has sadly left Derek Blogs Under Duress. I didn't get to know you very well and I don't know if you'll ever read this but I just want you to know that we all miss you dearly.

Goodbye

Farewell my friend, my golden knight, my joy

I miss you more than any words could say

Although I never got to know you well

A little piece of my heart dies

To hear of your departure

My body racked with pain I weep

For a friendship never made

At the loss that rings inside me

My soul is sheathed in sorrow

To hear of your going

A tear rolls down my face

Ravaged with grief

The past is history

The future a mystery

But now is a gift

Every moment spent with you so precious

Although I barely knew you

My eyes well up with longing

For a shattered bond that never truly formed

The harsh winds of winter

Have nipped the bud of our friendship

And thus ceases a truly beautiful flower

That holds on only in my mind

And although you may never hear these words

I cry them out to the world

To halt the pain that we feel

At your going

At last I come to the hardest words I’ve ever had to say

But say them I must

As I finish my farewell

That you’ll never hear

A sob filled choked out cry

That masked the last words ever said between us

“Goodbye”