goodbye

love is only a word after all

it does not bind or heal

does not change or complete a person

it brings only confusion 

and sadness

miscommunication 

and loss

love is an abstract collection

of impossible wishes

and little pipe dreams

and so i bid farewell to love

for love does not love me

perhaps sadness, 

which at least

can be expressed 

through tears

or anger 

which can be expressed 

through noise

will suit me better

and so I honor 

TAPS with taps

and lay to rest this 

mad and weary world i carry

and fall at the feel of joy

unable to rise to its level

misery and bitterness caress me

and i caress them 

 we keep to ourselves

and glare at all who pass us

we have nothing to say but goodbye

for it is all we have ever heard