Day 365: Goodbye Tomorrow

A friend of mine asked me a few months ago about what I had learned from the entire experience of writing this blog and I realized I said "nothing in particular". Though that's not true I guess that answer was a long one and I was just not willing to say what those things were. I guess I needed more time to think about the question and to perhaps simplify it in my mind. When I started this blog, the goal was simple. It was to write a year of poetry based on topics that others would provide either directly or indirectly.  Though it took a little more than a year it was an experience like no other. I have tried to capture every possible mood that I could in that time frame, the ups and downs of lives and the travels alike, the restless nature of writing and the bitter cold and warm summers. I have passed through much of my days hoping I will be able to write tomorrow. As I write my last one today I can't help but feel a sense of wonder that fills my mind, I don't know where I will go and hence goodbye tomorrow seemed apt to wish writing farewell for now. Thank you for being a part of an amazing experience, you have been encouraging, insightful and most of all my conversations without saying a single word. Thank you all for being a part of a great experience.

Goodbye Tomorrow
So here I am, have we written it all
Reached where we needed to be, broken every fall
Have we learned that which has mattered most
Or put sticky notes on yesterday, among things we lost

Goodbye tomorrow, my words let them remain
Let them give you company when the world seems insane
Our sketches on the walls  let them fill spaces in your mind
These memories we create let me always be easy to find

Pour out a glass just for you and me
Write even if there are no reasons to set these words free
While the tired ones they walk, quietly back home
Let them find meaning in times they are alone

Goodbye my obsessions , my inspired writings, my muse
You are my only address , this is all that I choose
Carry me with you in memories that may never fade
Goodbye tomorrow, you keep coming back, you never age.