'I Can Only Hope It's With You, My Good Friend'

Goodbye is Just a Lie

by Kathyrn Bibeault

I shall not say goodbye,
For goodbye is just a lie.
I will often speak your name,
And look at your picture in the frame.
This will be a long ride,
Without you on my side.

I shall not say goodbye,
For goodbye is just a lie.
I shall see you again,
Forever my good friend.
Maybe in another life,
We can escape all of this strife.

I shall not say goodbye,
For goodbye is just a lie.
I love you now and forever,
I won't forget you, never.
The world I would give,
For a promise that you live.

And I don't know how this story ends,
I can only hope it's with you, my good friend.

Kathryn Bibeault is in eighth grade at Fairport Harding Middle School in Fairport Harbor, Ohio.  Isn't her her poem moving and evocative?  The rhyme and rhythm are so reminiscent of the entries in my mother's poesiealbum.  Thanks for sending in your poem, Kathryn.