Saying Good-Bye

Saying Good Bye
By: Karen

"How lucky am I to have something that makes saying Good-Bye so hard?" -Winnie the Pooh

Saying good bye I leave behind…
the friends I have made
the city that I have grown to love
free concerts in the park
unbelievable food
crowded buses and loud el trains
the school that has shown me I can still learn
and the amazing discovery of myself that I have made along the way.
But saying good bye
I return to my three beautiful children
the friends who have loved and supported me
my family who is anxious to have me back
the familiar terrain of the town I know and
new possibilities
Saying good bye
I take all that is here
and tuck it in my soul
allowing it to stay with me wherever I go
All that I have learned, discovered and survived
The new strength
The new hope
The new wings...
all goes with me
Saying good bye
I watch the city girl I have come to be
disappear down the busy city streets
Saying good bye
I get to rediscover
who that girl can be
surrounded by the people she loves the most
and the people who love her the most
Saying good bye
does not mean I don’t keep flying
it just means the sky will change
and new horizons will be discovered

Good bye..
you have changed me forever,
and for that
I promise never to forget you.

“I do not say goodbye. I believe that's one of the bullshitiest words ever invented. It's not like you're given the choice to say bad-bye, or awful-bye, or couldn't-care-less-about-you-bye. Everytime you leave, it's supposed to be a good one.”
― John Green, Will Grayson, Will Grayson