Poetry | Love | Relationship

Farewell

Poetry — About the pain of separation

You wake up next to me I’m crying All our love, positive energy For the past weeks we Shared endless love But this morning is different The sun smiles but I cry

You are so strong No tears tainting your Beautiful face Lending me strength Today I’ll have to go Back to my own life Far away from you And it hurts not knowing Whether I’ll ever be able To see you again You embrace me and I keep crying

Wishing to stop time Just for one more day Just a little bit longer Your composure unbroken You beg me to stop It’ll be alright, you say But I don’t know So I cry on

Hours pass Hours I wasted crying With this cruel pain Choking me from within We’re at the airport Final destination From here on out Our ways will separate No tears left I’m dry

The moment has come I’ll have to walk through That gate, into an unknown future Without you, for how long? We stand there, like two lost souls Hugging, kissing, begging I wish I could stay, but I can’t What I see as I pull back my head Breaks me Your composure, broken You cry

Last call, people boarding the plane Here we stand, time is running out These feelings I’ll never forget You cry like I did before Your world falling apart And I am unable to stop it Our hands lose their grip Like a drunk, I tumble towards the gate Shaking, trembling We both cry

I board the plane, one last look at you Your eyes are red, your cheeks are soaked So are mine, we both are broken We lose sight of each other And something within me Dies

This is quite a personal piece as it describes the feelings of one of the most hurtful days of my life. I spent two weeks in Japan with the love of my life. But those two weeks had to end. On our last day, I felt like everything was falling apart. Like this whole adventure was nothing but a small journey. I couldn’t hold back my emotions, though she appeared strong and positive. She didn’t cry. Until we got to say goodbye. It hurt so much seeing her cry.

If this got you down by any chance, sorry. Please cheer up. I’m in Japan, we’re married and have a daughter. It all turned out fine. It was just some painful distance in between until we got together again. It was just a matter of patience and holding on.

Kevin is an editor and writer for the ILLUMINATION publication. Follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn.