Good After Goodbye

By Peter Harris

I'm going to try and find the good after goodbye,

That's a hell of a task seeing as my life began after you said hi.

But I think I owe it to myself to at least try,

I deserve more than spending the rest of my life wondering why?

—

And wondering how?

And where you are now?

I guess I know where you are, I see the stories you share.

And I'm really happy that life has taken you there.

But I can't shake the despair.

—

Because I used to know more,

I wasn't left wondering because you shared it all.

With me –

you still posted but I knew what was happening underneath.

—

Now I only see what you present.

But I'm getting better at living in the present.

Truly I am, and I don't want you to worry because I'll make it through.

And I'm learning to do it without you.

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I'm starting to see that good after goodbye is possible.

On a good day, I might even say it's probable.

Perhaps our love was meant to burn, not last,

So I think I'll use the ash, to feed the grass.

By Peter Harris