We Said
Goodbye in Denver
Thinking
back to a time, not so long ago
I picture
your saddened face before me
Unspoken
words dance their way around in my mind
Searching
for an escape... longing to be set free
At this moment,
a smile I force
Fighting off
the burning tears which sting my eyes
I know you
never made me any promises
I guess... I’m
just no good at goodbyes
As your gentle
fingers brush the hair back from my face
My hazel
eyes gaze in silence…slowly you turn away
Feeling a
part of my soul tear from deep within me
To follow
you, on that cold and lonely January day
I watch as
your image slowly fades into the crowd
Pulling up
my collar against the brisk, cold Colorado wind
Sadness
fills my empty heart
Wondering
when, I’ll see you again
You and I,
we’ve become so close it seems
Yet in separate
countries, we live so far apart
Alienated
from the world as one
Your spirit
roams ever near, deep within my heart
Briefly
closing my eyes to clear the blur
I look up at
the sky so blue
Silently
praying I will see you again
Praying the
words you say are true
My heart
whispers a sad farewell
I search once more, for your figure in the busy crowd
You’ve
returned to your other life
Where our spoken names, are not allowed
I honestly
wish you the very best
In your
world so far away
Hoping that
when you think of me
Pleasant
thoughts will come your way
We said
goodbye in Denver
Where for a
moment we lived our worlds as one
The memories
comfort me with your presence
Reminding
me, even if you can’t be with me now,
Never…
Am
I alone.
DeAnna
January 1989
This poem was written many years ago for a gentleman I met in Denver a few years prior. We met again in Denver (National Stockshow - because we were both involved with cattle). By this time, we had become close friends and although we wanted something together...he lived in Canada, me in Oklahoma. Back then, neither travel - nor communication, were as simple as they are today.
We both married others, but have managed to keep a friendship alive all these years. The last time I saw him (face to face) was just before I wrote this (27 years ago now), but he is truly one of my best friends, still to this day. It's a beautiful story...even if sad in some way. We know we went where we needed and each have beautiful families of our own.
It's a love story that never dies and it comes in the form of an amazing friendship I will cherish until the end.
What a great account of a timeless relationship. Honestly, I envy you.
ReplyDeleteWe always say we are going to meet up in Denver again one day. What's funny is we still see each other as we did in our early 20's - even with the occasional pictures we send. We, of all people know how friendships can grow and sustain the years without seeing each other...sometimes without even meeting in person. *warm smile*
DeleteWhat a great story and it certainly inspired a great poem
ReplyDeleteThanks Tyler...this was the way I used to write everything! I always wrote TO someone and I figured out that somehow my words just seemed to flow out in rhymes.
DeleteI haven't had the opportunity to read this amazing poem that you wrote about "us" for more than 25 years. It immediately takes me back to that sad and heartfelt day "We Said Goodbye in Denver". No one beyond us, could ever possibly understand or believe the love and friendship we have experienced, endured and celebrated for nearly 30 years, while living many thousands of miles apart from each other. It doesn't always work out, to be able to live our life with our true soul-mate, this poem perfectly reflects upon how we have felt about each other and stayed connected for nearly three decades. Possibly, destiny has a plan in store for us yet, which will reveal itself.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this poem with me again, and thank you for being the one true eternal and unconditional love of my life, for almost my entire adult life.
Love Always.
WA