Goodbye
Goodbye is said to leave; is said when parents leave for work; is said when children leave for school; is said when you are done; is a way to end a conversation; is a way to end your life.
The poem takes a single everyday word, "goodbye," and shows how much weight it can carry. It starts with ordinary moments: parents heading to work, children heading to school. These goodbyes are small and routine, the kind we barely notice.
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