(written 5\/4\/99; Webbed 7\/99)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It isn\u2019t difficult to say goodbye.<\/p>\r\n
A hug, a kiss, a cheery wave and grin;<\/p>\r\n
and you drive off, and though of course I sigh,<\/p>\r\n
and though I feel your warmth still on my skin,<\/p>\r\n
there\u2019s no deep sadness here. I do not cry,<\/p>\r\n
or even sniffle. I am cheerful still.<\/p>\r\n
Though once again it\u2019s time for me to fly,<\/p>\r\n
I do not miss you yet. I know I will,<\/p>\r\n
but also know I\u2019ll see you by and by.<\/p>\r\n
Though Shakespeare said to part is sorrow sweet,<\/p>\r\n
can this be sorrow if my eyes are dry?<\/p>\r\n
It\u2019s only au revoir, \u2019til next we meet.<\/p>\r\n
It\u2019s easier than I\u2019d have thought, to part,<\/p>\r\n
Perhaps because you\u2019re with me in my heart.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n
Written after being dropped off at an airport, and not missing the people who dropped me off as much as I\u2019d expected. \u2026I know that au revoir<\/i> doesn\u2019t scan if you pronounce it properly (in French), but at least the three-syllable English pronunciation scans.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":19769,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5472","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5472"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20619,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5472\/revisions\/20619"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/jed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}