#57 Goodbye At Last

How many times have you heard someone say, "if I could only have said goodbye?" This is that final goodbye that the soul is missing.

This poem originally was published in Sad Poems - Poems about Death

Goodbye At Last

by Barbi D

Saying goodbye is never easy
It's the hardest thing to do
But what hurts even more
Is not the chance to say it to you.

Yesterday is just a memory
Our laughter was sunny and bright
Then clouds started to gather
For you were no where in sight.

You were my first real love
And this I will never forget
How you left without a warning
No good-byes, my only regret.

Wherever I may be now
Always searching for another so true
To place my world of emotion
Handing my love to someone like you.

If again I must go there
And experience all the pain
I would do it in a minute
For all the good I would gain.

No matter what my wrongs
You offered only love
Until the day you left me
For your new home up above.

I know you still are with me
Your love is within my heart
Though life is no longer present
Our souls will never part.

This is given to you in honor
Of all that we did share
I just wanted you to know, dear,
How much I really did care.

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kalie

This poem really touched me i lost my nan about 6-7 years ago i knew she was in hospital and my mum and dad didnt want me to see her like that because it will make me upset but what hurts me the most is i didnt get the chance to say goodbye. love you nan xx
Doniqua

i really liked that poem
Jamie

I think it was beautiful it gave me words on how I felt about my boyfriend who died July of this year. Thanks for an awesome poem that put the words I would have liked to have wrote.
Morgan

i lost my best friend almost one year ago, it was the day before his 21st bday and you wrote exactly how i feel. Im glad im not alone.
fatima

it is very touching
Denise

WOW, this is what i'm feeling at the time turly. I can't belive some one esle was thinking or felling the samething. I lost my cat that was like a child to me, and just after my boyfriend passes too. I'm turly amazed! This is GREAT stuff!
RAMAN

ur poem is amazing. i lost my gf last year. this poem is right on me also.
Janna

this touched me deeply. My best friend and first love died suddenly in a car accident. He will be a senior this year in our small rural school. He is greatly missed and this poem will be in my heart.
STACEY

i loved your peom, it made me cry. i just lost my boyfriend/best friend, and i never got to say good bye.
PATTY

This is an amazing poem. you read my heart when you wrote this poem it is exactly how i feel. I lost my one true love April 3,2005 He is the father of my little girl and our hearts are breaking. I will love you Pat. Now, always and forever
patti

I was sitting at my computer today crying looking for some closure as I too just recently lost the love of my life due to a terrible car wreck. He was my first love and the father of my baby girl and he is gone now and I am lost. Your poem is beautiful and I will go on and remember the good times we shared through the eyes of my daughter. Loving your forever Patrick Thank you for a wonderful poem. I know that I am not alone
Addie

i really liked this poem. it reminded me of my first true love who just passed away a little more than a month ago, and i never got to say goodbye. he will always be in my mind.
Susette

I started crying when I read your poem. It reminds me of when I lost my husband. I didn't get the chance to say goodbye. Your poem fits how I'm feeling. Thank you.
Esther

I was really touched by this poem because this poem describes exactly how I feel. I lost Steve, the love of my life in a car accident about 4 months ago and what really kills me is the fact that I never got to say goodbye. We had gotten into a fight the night before he wrecked and every day I have to think about the fact that the last words I said to him were hurtful words that I didn't mean. You explained what I was feeling but couldn't quite explain to him. Thank you for writing such a heartfelt poem.
Diane

Thank You Barbi,for this poem. It is very touching It is the way i feel about the loss of my Brother. He died 22 years suddenly with a brain hemorrhage. Bye Bro
Jennifer

This piece absoutely took my breath away! And yet the words placed a medicinal feeling of peace with all it's emotion. I loved your work! Good luck.
melissa

My boyfriend was lilled in a wreck, and he was mad at me when it happened. Your poem gives my something to say and knowing he will here me. Thanks your poem will touch others as it has me.
Constacne

Just pray honey everything will be okay count on The lord Jesus above
summer

this a amazing, I lost my boyfriend a year ago and this is exactly how I still feel. You are a gifted and amazing writer. I look forward to read other poems by you.
Beth

I am 16 and I never thought that I'd be burying my best friend on August 4th, 2004. She died July 31st from a car accident, and your poem helped me release some emotion that I haven't been able to release in a while. It's hard to anymore because then I bring it up with friends and get them going and that's not what I want. Thank you very much, keep writing.

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#57 Goodbye At Last

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