The sun was setting
As we said goodbye
But in your eyes I saw finality
I captured your arm
As you curved to leave
And wondered why you wouldn't look in my direction
You seemed to know something devastating
Yet you wouldn't bother to tell me
Did something happen that I was oblivious to?
Or had your feelings changed?
You tried to walk from me
But I refused to relinquish your limb
I couldn't stand being in the dark
Especially when it had something to do with you
I begged you to say what your eyes were trying to tell me
Yet you continued to look numbly ahead
Tears began to float in my burning eyes
And sobs began to wrack my body
Only then did you look at me
I feel to my knees with a rustle of cloth
Looked up at you through confusion
Your touch was cold as you helped me stand
And when you held me close,
I felt no comfort, love, or warmth
You had seemed so far away
When you finally spoke,
It seemed as though your words were leaping through fire
Hot and harsh
"Goodbye my true love. We won't see one another again."
The speech burnt my ears
And made me yelp
I struggled against your arms to look at you
And when I caught sight of your face,
A gasp was all that escaped from my mouth
You were twisted with rage and anguish
You explained to me that that evening was our final goodbye
I felt paralyzed
And couldn't move to capture you once again
I watched you depart, then disappear
And my tears eventually quit flowing
I felt completely numb as I dropped to my knees once more
As I looked up at the pale moon
I asked the stars why I was left alone with only a broken heart to comfort me
I stood up and walked closer to the lapping waves on the sand
My lungs filled with salty water as I dove into the ocean
I didn't struggle when the tides overcame me
I allowed them to take me to the deep depths of darkness
And I forever slept with the memories of our final goodbye
