Sean Redenbaugh

Poetry

The Day You Said Goodbye

I can’t believe you left me hereYour heart still beating in my handBefriended only by a tearAs castles crumble back to sand

And all that you have said and doneHas killed the biggest part of meAnd like the moon without the sunA shell of what I used to be

Without you I feel broke and batteredHating all that I’ve becomeAnd losing all that ever matteredTurned this body cold and numb

My blood is now a tired streamResting idle in my veinsAnd finding shelter in a dreamMy heart escapes from bitter pains

Leaving me so close to deathWith only time to wonder whyYou took away my final breathThe day you came to say goodbye