Goodbye

Saying goodbye
is so hard to do
For it’s putting an end
to a part which is you.
It’s severing the ties
to all that is past,
Yet taking along
the things that will last.
It’s safer to stay
in the place that we know
but safe and secure
we can soon fail to grow.
We need all of life’s challenges,
the beginnings and ends,
the uncertainty
of what lies just round the bend.
The never quite knowing
of that which is new,
for when we look back
it was then that we grew.
So don’t be afraid,
say goodbye to the past,
and simply hold on to the love,
that will last.