If This Goodbye

I actually came up with this while thinking of the plot for another planned story featuring a gay ghost and his two friends who never even knew he died a long time ago. In any case, this was supposed to be lyrics for a song during the parting scene. But since I don't know how to write lyrics, let alone compose a song, I chose to do it like this instead -- the format that, at least, I'm quite familiar with.

This is a free verse poem that I'm writing as a sort of an essay. I'll mention about that story once again once I have it started.

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If this goodbye
is so hard to even speak of,
how will I erase this lingering pain
that is about you?

We had this chance again
to live in our memories once buried
in our resentments and misunderstandings.
Despite that, reality will continue
to tell me the painful truth.

So if this goodbye
is what's needed to set us free,
no matter how much it will hurt,
regardless of the tears that will flow,
then I'll say it to you with conviction.

In hopes that in one of our lifetimes,
the one path we once walked on together
will shine once more
to allow us to continue
our pending story.

So that this time,
fate won't separate us ever again.
Until then, let me live in this hurt
that stays ever since I realized
that this life will never
bring you back to me anymore...