I know of no way that I can say goodbye to you my love

What do you expect me to do when I see you lying there dying?

Can I just hold your hand and wipe away tears from your eyes and say we’ll meet again?

Must I jump up and down thanking God that you’ll be free at last of the pain that’s wrecking your body?

Will I sit in silence and contemplate your passing into the great beyond?

Can I talk over what you want me to do with your remains once you are no more?

Should I keep quiet and say nothing for fear of agitating you?

Or, just leave you in peace?

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Some day, saying goodbye will be one of the hardest things that I’ll have to do

My dear, I don’t want ever to lose you but I know that all things must pass

You’re like that silk chocolate that keeps satisfying a perpetual taste within me

You’re like a buzzing bee that provides the honey for our nest

And you’re the light that refuses to go dim even when it’s dark

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Such is my everlasting love for you

I don’t know what I’ll do when you have to say goodbye

I know that I’ll be crying and mourning for a long long time

Canon Love (Photo credit: Phalaenopsis Aphrodite)

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