• I have said bye many times,
    To many before,
    Like “See you later,”
    But I never had to say The Final Farewell.

    One day in February,
    I had to give
    Someone I loved,
    A Final Farewell.

    She died,
    And took me too
    Into the shadows,
    We plunged.

    We separated during the plunge,
    I fell into depression and despair,
    She fell into death.
    We cried for each other.

    Damn The Final Farewell.
    It’s not something you want,
    It’s something to avoid.
    Everyone hates it.

    To say you welcome it,
    Is wrong.
    It’s impossible to love,
    For it means death.

    The Final Farewell
    Hits you like a hurricane,
    Full of power and anger,
    And destroys whole families.

    The Final Farewell
    Took my mother, sister and best friend,
    Who died a painful death,
    Less than a week after her birthday.

    She was a sweet girl,
    A girl of four legs, a tail, and unable to speak English,
    A dog,
    But she was my mother, sister and best friend.

    I hate you,
    The Final Farewell,
    For you took Brandy
    From me.

    If you ever return,
    To claim the other,
    I’ll never accept you.
    Damn you, The Final Farewell.

    The Final Farewell
    Can claim the other,
    But I will never let you.
    Be gone, The Final Farewell.