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Goodbyes Belong to No One
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Friday, April 4, 2025 Rated "G" by the Author.

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-- Goodbyes Belong to No One -- John Herlihy Hellos belong to everyone, From harmony and inclusion sung. Goodbyes belong to no one, From dust motes and cobwebs spun. Arrival rides in on a fair wind, As celebratory as barking dogs. Departure merely sad sorrows lend, Echoed in the wolf howl of arctic bogs. Greetings fill hearts to the brim, Our joy and happiness together vie. Leave-taking makes people feel grim, A kind of death without having to die. Hellos sung with the breath of a cry; Goodbyes whispered quietly on the sly. A treasure trove of a thousand hellos; No one wants a single, sad goodbye. - - - - - -

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Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on May 3, 2025

YOU HIT IT ON THE HEAD WITH THE LAST LINE, JOHN...NO ONE WANTS A SINGLE 'SAD GOODBYE'. BUT THERE ARE JOYFUL GOODBYES REMEMBERED AND CERTAINLY ENDEARED; A COUPLE LEAVING THEIR RECEPTION GOING ON A HONEYMOON. A SOLDIER SAYING GOODBYE TO THE ATROCITIES WAR...GOING HOME. AN INDIVIDUAL HAVING BEEN STUCK IN A TERRIBLE SITUATION...AT LAST BEING ABLE TO SAY, GOODBYE TO IT. THANK GOD FOR GOOD 'GOODBYES'. ENJOYED, THANKS FOR SHARING, JOHN. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com

Reviewed on April 6, 2025

So true. I've used this phrase for a very long time: Til we meet again.
I prefer keeping finality suspended, wishing if it must happen, I wasn't the instigator. Good read, John.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull

Reviewed on April 5, 2025

I think you were primarily focusing on how we come into this world and then leave it� happy, and then, sad. But if we include visits, there may be some happy departing.

I recall being greeted happily arriving at friends and relatives over the years for a stay of the day or two, and then leaving with happy goodbyes. And, as if sometimes what guests do, I stayed too long, they would be happy to see me leave.

Ron

Reviewed by E Phillips

Reviewed on April 4, 2025

A very lively change of pace. Many clever phrases that put a nice zing to the whole thing.

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