Aloha

When you think you have to go,

please don't say goodbye;

I may want to believe that tomorrow,

I will see you and you will say hi.

But you must not go without a word,

without a hug shared for times.

There is a word that must be heard,

a word that sings, like island chimes.

A simple word that says it all,

both hello and goodbye.

Which one I choose is my call,

you bid me aloha, I hear you say hi.

The breath of life from someone dear,

I inhale deeply as long as I may.

I breathe in harder when you are not near,

it helps me feel that you will stay.

Don Stewart © 2017