Day 6 of the National Poetry Writing Month challenge involves a prompt to write a valediction — to anyone or anything. I guess some people might think I should take this particular subject more seriously, but, for some reason, these challenges just seem to bring out the whimsy in me, so …..
Valediction to a Passing Love
I have not loved you well,
Nor have I loved you long.
So it is with no strong regret
I sing this parting song.
Your passage through my life
Has barely touched my soul,
So mourning will not weigh me down.
In fact, I feel quite whole.
Adieu, my love, adieu.
I bid you fond goodbye.
But at your grave, for memory’s sake,
A few tears I will cry.
~
Photo by Susan Buck Ms: http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/view-image.php?image=8210&picture=casket-over-plot&large=1
It’s not too late to join the fun. This is just Day 6, so you can still write 25 poems in April. Visit the link for instructions: http://www.napowrimo.net/
The Happy Wordcrafter 
This creates all sorts of images, the black widow free at last from her marriage of convenience to a wealthy old man for one!
Yes, there seem to be so many people now days who have only a superficial relationship with the person they’re supposed to “love.” That fact sort of set the tone for the poem. I just couldn’t seem to get into anything deep with this one.