I Won't Say Goodbye

I Won't Say Goodbye I won't say goodbye, though we must part Remember you are hidden in my heart Forgetting you? Not ever. You mean so much to me Forever you'll be in my memory I'll remember your rivers so clear and clean And also your valleys so peaceful and serene I'll remember your mountains so brave and high And your forests too with trees touching the sky Warm winds blowing my hair so flaxen spun Being washed by the rain, dried by the sun Your sequestered caverns were my special place The memory of these I can never erase No, I won't say goodbye just so long I will not weep . I'll be ever so strong For in a few years I'll come to you once more You are the planet that I love and adore Oh, earth, my Earth you are being born anew That's why for awhile I must leave you I, too, will be whole and how new I'll be Earth lets quietly imagine what we'll foresee Now I look at you with a watery gaze You're fading fast. I see you now through a haze I won't say goodbye I'll just say so long Soon before you know it I'll be back where I belong. Copyright © 2005 Lunaria (Lila May Guptill)