Pieces Left Behind

Hurting... Good bye trees – I planted you when I bought this house… I will never enjoy the shade I once thought I would. Good-bye Barn – I built you from a thought in my mind, and now I must leave you behind. Good-bye workshop – I built you with my father in the hopes one day my sons and I would sit together and build model airplanes together. Good-bye rooms – I bought this home thinking one day it would be filled with families at Christmas. Good-bye basket ball hoop – I installed you when I learned I was going to be a father of a son – I thought one day I would play one-on-one with him while we shared our stories together. Good-bye job – You took good care of me – I don’t deserve you – there are more people who want this job who are going to lose theirs so I could stay where I am not wanted or wanting to be… so take good care of them instead as you have looked after me. Good-bye dents in the walls put there by my children when they were babies, playing with their toys – once I was mad about, now I cry when I see. Good-bye city… Good-bye security, good-bye Mr. Destiny… I choose the unknown. Good-bye my dream woman… Good-bye home…