Goodbye

Written to my sister on the 4th anniversary of her death, 2-24-1992. I was 10.

So much sorrow in one small word

Goodbye, so hard to bear

My life is unimaginable

Without you standing there

I shed a tear at the word

That final soft adieu

A tribute to the friendship

That I once shared with you

It's a never-ending word, that last goodbye

A sound so full of pain

When I think that you and I

May never meet again

If ever we should meet again

Would you still recall

This person who was once your friend

When you were very small.