Good Things Must Separate

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Like the sun setting on a memorable day

Or the newly found butterly floating away

All Good Things must separate

It is the only way Good Things can become Good

And by no means am I saying that's how it should

But that is how it stays Good

It is the coming home from an amazing place

Knowing it is the last time you will see his face

Those parts you will learn to hate

You will realize after what moments were best

These times are what will make you want to skip the rest

I would go back if I could

That time my heart just could not get enough of it

When peace, love, and ecstasy were perfectly knit

Very Good Things forever gone

Like racing to the shoreline, watching it sail by

That goal, the object of desire leaving me dry

Distance reveals true desire

Even my Good Lord left the earth all behind

With separation one stretches to hope and find

That special way to move on

But memories flood back, panicked the heart races

Agitation strikes the heart's core for these spaces

Separating my soul's fire

I want the Good I once had beyond my fingers

The nostalgic flavor in my mouth still lingers

My bones ache knowing it's there

But this impenetrable wall keeps me from joy

Surely it is seeking for all Good to destroy

Can't I have Good all the time?

All these Good Things seem to avoid normality

And flee me into a form of neutrality

All Good Things become so rare

But maybe it is this void that keeps it so Good

To contrast how things are and what we think they should

Giving us a point of prime

To see it sail all the way to the horizon

To awe and wonder at the creature who flies on

To remember the moments and appreciate them always

Even in dark places, you will look forward to the Good days

Good Things will happen, it has always been fate

But they will only be Good when they separate

Author's Notes/Comments:

This poem comes directly from my current experiences and emotions as I head off to college. I tried to create a sense of sadness but happy realization in the end. The rhyme scheme is a constant AAB CCD EEB FFD pattern with the first two lines always have six meters and only three and a half in the third, until the end where I kinda free style the meter and stick with a AABBCC rhyming pattern. I hope you enjoyed it and it really spoke to you if you can relate.

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