Farewell Poem by Concetta Salter

Farewell



I guess I thought I knew you.
That somehow you would change.
But now your just a criminal,
Who’s locked inside a cage.

I tried my best believing,
That somehow you’d pull through.
Be stronger that your troubled mind.
Forget your troubled youth.

But in the end you proved me wrong.
You did not change at all.
You didn’t fight your demons,
And you welcomed your own fall.

I guess inside my mind somewhere,
I knew this day would come.
Everyone would say stay clear.
But still to you I’d would run.

Just a little girl was i.
And you were just a boy.
I never thought we’d say goodbye.
But now I have no choice.

Now you live inside a cell,
for what you cruelly did.
There's nothing more I have to tell.
Farewell to you I bid.

Sunday, March 23, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: Goodbye
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I had started to write this poem a long time ago, and only today have finally finished it. This is a final farewell written to an old childhood friend who at the age of 23 landed himself in jail for attempted murder. As children me and him had spend a lot of time together, and my parents and brother would always tell me how bad he was (like I couldn’t see it) but at that age I wanted to believe there was good in everyone. But even I can admit when I’m wrong. So here it is, a final farewell to a once little boy turned criminal.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Murugadas A Karippode 28 March 2014

Nice poem which deals with human relationship and little bit of nostalgic feel..

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Concetta Salter

Concetta Salter

Coral Springs FL.
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