Dishonest Good Byes

For those who are drawn away

By duty, routine, adventure 

There remains those

Who assist in deed and say

Bon voyage, come what may

But in whose heart, quiet and earnest

Silently pleading, "Don't go, don't go"

Then a quickly silent, "Please don't go."

Then in private grieve your absence

For a moment they suffer some then come about

Dishonest good byes hide love and connection

Shocked, unplugged

Left with the truest friend inside

Solitude trusts you will confide.

Kelly Voelker