goodbye

even as i look down at your casket

being lowered into the damp earth

that cascades over where you rest

i can still feel you here with me

the air is frigid and crisp

tearing the breath from my lungs

but it's almost like

you're standing right next to me

if i were to gaze up at the stars

freckling across the vast sky

i would swear that one of them

could maybe be you

and as they shed their light

illuminating the forlorn burial

my salvation is the words

that died upon your lips

who said this is goodbye?