It is Time to Say Goodbye

It is time to say goodbye

These years had their moments

Good and bad

Happy and sad

Joyful and depressing

With laughter and tears

Conversational and silent

You said you knew me

You understood me

You loved me

But

In the end

That is not how it was

Maybe

Maybe it

Maybe it was

Maybe it was true

Maybe it was real

Maybe it was

Maybe it

Maybe

Yet

Something tells me that

It was an illusion

A dream that we experienced

And lived in

Swimming in the sea of dreams

When I was underwater

A few years ago

I noticed something blurry above me

I could not see what it was

But it brought about a longing

Within me

To discover what lies just beyond the surface

So I slowly and blearily started floating

Up

And you were still suspended above the sea bed

Dreaming

I began to hear strange muffled sounds

And my desire to find out what

This mysterious shape above me was

Suddenly

I felt something grab me and pull me upward

I broke the surface of the sea

And gasped as air filled my lungs

Breathing in a completely new world

That I used to know but had forgotten

I delight in this new way of seeing

For it is what is real

What I can touch

Not something I simply imagine

Now I look back down into the waters

And see you still lying below

Eyes closed to the sun

I know now that you are still asleep

And you have always been

Even when we met

I have always been with you

But it is not my responsibility to wake you up

Now I live in the sunlight

With fresh cool air upon my face

That I can breathe

In the arms of my beloved

That I can feel

With every fiber of my being

I wish you well

Despite all

It is time to say goodbye.

©JLThomas1122010