Goodbye, My Love

She said, “If you loved me, say goodbye.” And the words knocked me down, left me breathless. I smiled, a lie shrouded in pain, For my heart was soft, aching, and cracked. “I hope your life becomes so full of light, That even my shadow fades from sight. May laughter drown where my name once burned, May peace return for all I’ve learned.” She asked, “Are you crying?” I turned away, For tears don’t ask, they make a way down. “You’re a part of me,” I said, “too deep to undo, But this is the end — there’s nothing left to prove.” Every memory screams deep behind my ribs, Every promise falls heavy, broken. I’m leaving you, but not completely — You’ll stay in my aching, the softened, unsaid. Goodbye, my love — the cruelest phrase, Written in silence where dreams decay. If souls could bleed, mine surely would, For loving you more, for more than I ever should