Nathaniel T. Hughes

Goodbye: It's something beyond this life, something they all say takes time,  but the fall knows this dark soul by name and illusions of the past insidiously circle back so many times before we die.

A few maple leaves gently fall; It tells a soulful story: Maybe we've never really been standing on solid ground, Maybe we've started life tumbling like a peaceful yellow leaf, And maybe the world is completely upside down And if we really knew we were falling we'd call this life         heaven finally breaking free of the suspension that never felt like home.