You smiled at me through warm rays of sun.
You laughed with me in the grass.
You kissed me in clear broken water,
And now we say goodbye.
I've said goodbye a million times:
When you went to work,
When I went to school,
But never did I think I'd have to say goodbye this way.
I stare at you now.
Your blank expression,
The warmth gone from your emerald eyes,
The smile vanished from your gentle mouth.
I sweep away a strand of hair
That falls across your forehead.
Your skin is cold and smooth.
Your hair is just the same.
I stroke your pale cheek one last time.
I kiss you on the nose.
I whisper in your ear.
I love you
And say my last goodbye.
Poem About Anticipatory Grief
Last Goodbye
Published: February 2017
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