When You Go Away

when you go away
be fair, be frank, tell us
why you leave us
tell us if we deserve
to be given this silence
of the dead

do not leave us with guilt,
leave us with dignity and pride
leave us like we are your equal
your brother your sister

we have no more tears
for all those
and these years we suffer too
we also dread
we also fear
we also have tearglands that become
dry like the well where we all take
our drinking water

we have suffered so much
and here you are leaving us simply because
you too do not like it here...

thanks, wish us peace and love wish us to go on living
we still love you just the same

in fact, we still know what forever means

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
Submitted by Poetry Lover
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