Lyr Add: There Are No Goodbyes

Subject: Lyr Add: THERE ARE NO GOODBYES
From: GUEST,amergin
Date: 26 Feb 03 - 06:10 PM

THERE ARE NO GOODBYES

There are no goodbyes
I think as I see you lying there
Gasping, struggling for breath
Ruminating over things unsaid
Little things that mean the world
"I love you" "Thank you for the years"
"I always thought of you as my grandpa"
but there are no goodbyes

There are no goodbyes
I think as we hold each other
Wiping our tears from our eyes
Bodies shaking in deep sorrow
Rubbish bins filling with spent tissue
Quivering voices whispering their loss
Whispering farewell to your vacant shell
But there are no goodbyes

There are no goodbyes
I think as I softly kiss your forehead
Feeling the cold lifeless skin upon my lips
My heart trembling at the touch
But I know that was not you
The gods had already called you home.
So many things I wanted to say
But there are no goodbyes.

nathan tompkins

Subject: RE: There Are No Goodbyes
From: Jeri
Date: 26 Feb 03 - 06:19 PM

I'm sorry Nathan. You can't love someone like that without them knowing.

Subject: RE: There Are No Goodbyes
From: SINSULL
Date: 26 Feb 03 - 06:25 PM

I am sorry for you, Nathan but glad his suffering is over. And glad that he knew at the end that he was loved.

Subject: RE: There Are No Goodbyes
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Feb 03 - 06:32 PM

Thank you for sharing with us, Nathan. The best poems are those that come from deeply felt emotions. I am sorry for your loss, darlin'. Lots of hugs and thoughts of peace coming your way.

luvyakat

Subject: RE: There Are No Goodbyes
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Feb 03 - 08:26 PM

thank you.....his service is tomorrow thinking of reading this then....

Subject: RE: There Are No Goodbyes
From: Ebbie
Date: 28 Feb 03 - 10:31 PM

And there are no goodbyes...truly.

Subject: RE: There Are No Goodbyes
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Mar 03 - 03:12 AM

welll...i did it...i read this at the service today...and during the reception people kept coming up to me...and saying that was a nice piece....and one of my aunts said that it spoke for everyone who couldn't go up....i woulod say thanks...and say how hard it was for me to go....it was all i could do to go up there...every ounce of strength....

and I told my oma...that i loved her she took me by the face and she goes in her german voice...oh nathan i love you too...i always have....and then we hold each other...as she tells me she loved the poem as well...and that shewants a copy of it....

next is the military ceremony....he retired a master sergeant from the air force in 1973.....

Subject: RE: There Are No Goodbyes
From: Neighmond
Date: 02 Mar 03 - 03:21 AM

I am happy for you. Such gifts money can't buy.

Chaz

Subject: RE: There Are No Goodbyes
From: winterchild
Date: 02 Mar 03 - 03:29 AM

My heart goes out to you, Nathan.

WinterChild

Subject: RE: There Are No Goodbyes
From: Helen
Date: 02 Mar 03 - 05:46 PM

Thanks for the beautiful poem Nathan.

You are right, there are no goodbyes. My Mum comes to visit me at times, mostly as a loving presence. I can't see her but I know when she is here. And I finally dreamt about her in January. I know that the dreams I have of people who have gone from here are actually visits from them.

Helen