Career of Goodbye

You see them
for the first time
after so long
So much time
absorbed in yourself
and then they're gone

You start to love them
then the deck is redealt
the best ones are gone
You start over
and discover
the ones left behind
are not the same kind

They see you
for the first time
after so long
so much time
absorbed in themselves
and then you're gone

The start to love you
but the dice are thrown
the ground is shaking
then you've flown
forever alone
leaving behind
the last of your kind

Starting over
survival and strain
trying to impress
strange new powers
exhaustion and pain
smiling no less

When breath again finds you
after some years
end's already near
Always on the run
or being run from
by those you hold dear

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Last updated: February 10, 2010