Never Say Good-Bye
We traveled across the mountains
To tell Pop good-bye
He had been in such terrible pain
We know it was time for him to go
We walked into his hospital room
Where he lay on his deathbed
Agony welded into his features
Through the pain he said
Don’t cry for me
I’ve had a good life
And now more than enough pain
We visited for a spell
Then a look of Peace came over him
He said, “Never say good-bye
Say farewell”
Years later when reminiscing
With Gran about his life
We told her of our final visit
She was shocked
Said, “No, that can’t be
I was with him the whole time
He was in the hospital
And I didn’t want you
To see him like that
But to remember him
As he was in better days”
We exchanged glances
Without saying a word
For we both had been there
Somehow in Spirit
It was very, very real
To the two of us
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