Good-bye

The one I love

just told me good-bye,

I feel so alone

I want to cry.

Our time together

it felt so good,

I was sure of love

and where we stood.

We laughed and played

and even cried some,

but never a thought

that this would come.

I gave it my all

even bared my soul,

only to be left in

this dark lonely hole.

Why should I bother

and go thru this pain,

to find someone and

maybe another heart stain.

Getting to know a person

is so much damn trouble,

but when it works

life’s joy can double.

Now what shall I do

where should I go,

my heart is aching

for love to flow.

For a short time

I lived alone,

finding each day

cold as a stone.

Then came my friend

so caring and giving,

making each day

something worth living.

A time soon came

and I moved back home,

but our bond should endure

with feelings we’d known.

So someone tell me

give me a clue,

how can such distance

destroy love between two.

Maybe I should learn

that love is dear,

just look for friendship

in a future so unclear.

Love has found me

thru Mother and home,

even with this hurt

I’m not really alone.

But someone I love

just told me good-bye,

and just for now

it’s all right to cry.

Gary R. Cramer

September 10, 1987