Learn How to Say Goodbye - David Campbell, John Bucchino

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 thron

Time that I hobble off, peacfully 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

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