Alone?

Saying goodbye is letting go,
and at the same time something of that person
or that place ( where you have been )
to hold inside of you.


You can't hold someone.
You must not see this
as something sad.
That person, or that place
leaves something behind inside of you
so that you can go further with it.

You can be happy
because you are rich;
You have met that person
You have been on that place
and your heart is full of it.

Saying goodbye is
saying see you
and trying to
go on further alone,
together with the support
which you  received.

~Abel Herzberg~

translated from Dutch into English by Anneke van Nuus