Learn How To Say Goodbye

Suddenly finding myself with a book and pen
Hearing this fickle muse whispering once again
Maybe there’s something important she needs to share
Maybe I’ll write it down, maybe I’ll really care

Things change, things die, she says
Learn how to say goodbye
Things fall, things fly, she says
Sun like a rubber ball
Floats in a sea of sky

Danger lies waiting in even the lightest touch
Friction will break your heart, if you let it mean too much
My knees are knotted from kneeling before your thronе
Time that I hobble off, peacеfully on my own

Things change, things die, she says
Certainly you and I
Things pause, things pass
Surely this patch of grass
Surely this sparkling day
Maybe it’s all ok

Natural as a cloud, covering the sun
Natural as the dirt, covering a loved one
Natural as a laugh, slipping through a mask
Natural as the questions a child will ask

Tell me how long can a hummingbird hang midair
Not going up or down, placidly hovering there
And what kind of toll is it taking to flap so fast
Simply to stay in place, watching the world slip past

Things fall, things fly
There was a time I tried
Things change, things die
Even the Milky Way
Even the USA

Things fly, things fall
Sure as a boy with wings
Longs to look down on things
Wings cinch, wings fail
Better to trust the sail of a sturdy ship
At a steady clip, as you head
For
Home!