you say goodbye, i say hello

Come To Find

a hello in a smile
carried along,
tucked inside a mouth

a memory in a laugh
taken along,
tucked inside a breath

a memory in a song
carried along,
tucked inside a hum

a goodbye in a wave
taken along,
tucked inside a palm

the longing of,
"We will meet again.",
lingering
in, on, upon
the rain-weighted air

will come to find
on a wind bringing to mind
summers left behind

of
little legs running beneath morning's sun,
small feet standing upon midday's shadow,
tiny soles jumping above afternoon's simmer

footholds along the twilight road
where memories become a memoir
of au revoir's
waving, smiling, singing, laughing