If I Shall Bid You Goodbye

If I shall bid you goodbye,

will I be betraying

my own self?

Will it not be like the tree

that sheds away his leaves,

quietly, calmly, and freely?

If I shall bid you goodbye,

I will close my eyes and look not

at your face.

Will I be like a man staring

at the striking sun but is blinded

until the warmth of the sunset comes?

If I shall bid you goodbye,

will I break my own heart?

Will I not be like a desert

that has been forgotten

by the showers of rain?

If I shall bid you goodbye,

will I be able to endure

the pain or will I wallow

excruciatingly in cries?

If I shall bid you goodbye

will you let me?

If you do, you will steal me

my life and I will die knowing

you have never loved me.

For if you do love me,

do know this,

I shall never bid you goodbye.