OUR PLAYGROUND ( farewell GPlus tribute)

It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday

Our Playground

Departures are never easy

While hellos are such a breeze

Watching friends walk round the bend

Cannot be done with ease.

It doesn't take me long to fall

In love or out, it doesn't matter

I wear my heart out on my sleeve

For all to see or love or shatter.

I am a poet and so that means

That I love love and sweet romance

I live to read and cherish words

And take my turn in the poetic dance.

And I've been hurt and I've been burned

And built up walls to protect myself

But in that building, kept isolated

And drained till I had nothing left.

But every now and then in life

Friends come along to dig me out

Out of myself, out of that place

And give me freedom to run and shout.

And I give up and I give in

And give my heart to those that do

Encourage me to share my gifts

And pour out my love on those like you.

So many friends I've made here now

All over the world, and close to home

No matter what the time of day

I can click GPlus and I'm not alone.

But they've taken down our carousel

Dismantled the playground and all our swings

Burst our balloons and cleaned out our rooms

Not knowing how precious to us were these things.

Our communities of creative geniuses

Our picture books of living art

Our gifs and comic animations

All came from loving, beating hearts.

What fun we've had with one another

How many tears we've shed here, too

Reading heartache, sharing heartbreak

And helping all to make it through.

Our differences, our prejudices

That we brought here when first we came

All fell away like dried up leaves

When we learned to know each other's names.

So many nations met on these grounds

So many cultures, religions, creeds

And black and white and brown and red

We all are human with human needs.

In the name of poetry, in the name of art

Good books, good food and stars in space

We shared and cared and learned to love

And laid aside the fears we face.

And having said that, now saying this

We may get scattered and lost, it's true

But I hope we meet on those paths to elsewhere

For I've dearly loved my time with you.

You are my friends, my funny companions

My virtual hugs and hands holding a rose

To brighten my day and tell me goodnight

My gurus and teachers keeping me on my toes.

We may never meet this side of Heaven

Having never hugged or touched or kissed

But in my heart, please know, wherever you go

You were loved and cherished and you'll ever be missed.

©by Voo Voo

Feb 11, 2019

8:09 p .m.

Never Say Goodbye
Bon Jovi

https://bluevineyard.blogspot.com/

you can always find me here, hopefully

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
DEDICATED TO ALL THE MANY
WONDERFUL FUNNY PRECIOUS 
PEOPLE I HAVE MET HERE
AND COME TO KNOW AND LOVE
<<<GOD BLESS YOU ALL>>>

We  Don't Say Goodbye
Celine Dion
and 
The Bee Gees

I Will Remember You song
Will You Remember Me????