Linda my Love "GOODBYE" (Grief, Addiction Loss, Widowhood, Love and Mourning, Memoir)
My beloved, how do I say “GOODBYE”? How can I let go of you? It took me so long to find you. Years alone, searching, wanting, yearning. At last, we found each other. God, I loved you so. The touch of your hand. The light in your eyes. The wonder of your mind. Finally, I was not alone. I had a friend, lover, woman, and child all in one. I loved you more than words can say. How do I say “GOODBYE”? How do I get up every morning without you there? How do I sleep every night without feeling you near? And whispering as you fall asleep. Why should I, when all I want to do is cry and die? How do I say “GOODBYE”? So many dreams we shared. So many hopes are dead. Your future is gone, and you have stolen mine. You were everything to me. My love, my life, my wife. How do I say “GOODBYE”? For years, my everything was the struggle to keep you alive. The fight to keep you safe from yourself. How do I deal with the failure, the loss, the pain? How do I say “GOODBYE”? Do I have the right? I loved...