{"sf1_id":216351,"sf2_id":"J1OEjxQm","title":"Goodbye","author":"Tunuko","words":233,"posted_at":"2011-01-25T00:10:00.000Z","tags":["Other"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/216351-goodbye","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/J1OEjxQm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/fd/41/fd41232a-22e6-4aad-a988-5fd22d3429d6","description":"","content":"Goodbye  \n  \nThe darkness settles in  \nA blanket so very cold.  \nThis day is one that comes,  \nWe have all once been told.  \nThe lesson has been learnt  \nAs we have all grown old,  \nAnd days fly by so quickly  \nAs time continues to fold.  \nDo not blame me thusly  \nI am not the one to scold,  \nI warn you now poor soul  \nFor this journey please be bold.  \nWe should leave this place quickly  \nBefore flesh begins to mould.  \n  \nYour loved ones all will mourn,  \nSon, daughter and wife.  \nBut soon they will celebrate  \nThe essence that was your life.  \nPerhaps you should have considered  \nTheir pains and their strife,  \nBefore you decided how much  \nYou relied upon the knife.  \n  \nYou walked within your mind,  \nThinking if you could  \nRun the blade along your arm  \nAnd free the ruby blood.  \nNow for a whole eternity  \nRest in the box of wood.  \n  \nTake my hand and follow me  \nTowards the light up in the sky.  \nEach step upon the staircase,  \nA path on which we die.  \nYour heart's drowning sorrow  \nIs not the reason you cry.  \nI can see within your soul  \nThere is no way to lie.  \nNow hush your silly noise  \nAnd let me dry your eye.  \nCome now don't you cower  \nThere's no need to be shy.  \nLook back down upon the Earth,  \nNow to say goodbye.\n\n\u0026nbsp;  \n- D.Ashford  \n\u0026nbsp;  \n  \n\n"}