Adios

There I was,

Shiver just beneath my skin,

The chill deep in my spine,

Confused, where should I begin?

To tell you,

what you have come to mean.

That I wanted a bit of you

to make it all of mine.

 

In between my fumbles

you said something.

Your lips moved,

All seeming mumble jumbles.

And then, it caught my ear.

The legs gave away,

unable to bear.

 

For an eternity,

The moment stood still.

The ground beneath, jerked.

My head swimming.

My eyes tearing,

against my will.

Your words hung

like a pall of gloom.

All I felt until then

assigned to doom.

You were going away.

In pursuit of your dreams

I stood there,

smiling, crying,

pendulating in extremes.

 

The words had long since

died on my lip.

Like a ragged doll,

Nodding wildly,

Limp in your grip.

I shook within,

violently,

in over whelming

disappointment.

And you thought

it natural ,

the shock,

the excitement.

In minutes that ensued,

I can't recall,

no matter,

all blurred and hazy.

Your chatter,

incessant and lively.

I remember being

unusually subdued.

With each heavy step,

The tire ran through the veins,

Your infectious joy rub

salt on my unseen pains.

 

As you took leave,

so did my verve.

So did every drop of

you in my nerve.

As you took leave,

Our times together,

dousing my soul

in immeasurable grieve.

Every inch of me

wanting to ask you to stay.

The urge dying when I see

your joy in going away.

I feel loved in knowing

Happy you are,

Wherever it be, you will

never be from my soul afar.

Adios.

Note: This is a sequel to the poem "I love you' as also in response to the comments for that post.