Poems (Kennedy)/Goodbye Road
THE GOOD-BYE ROAD
NO sign-board guides, but we may not miss
The Goodbye Road, the Goodbye Road;
It starts in the rain, in a rain of tears,
With a roseleaf kiss and a shudder of fears
As we pass to the Last Abode.
The Goodbye Road, the Goodbye Road;
It starts in the rain, in a rain of tears,
With a roseleaf kiss and a shudder of fears
As we pass to the Last Abode.
And whither it runs beyond the turn
Nobody knows, nobody knows.
For the eyes we loved and the lips we kissed
Are lost in the shrouding shadows and mist,
And 'tis dark where the roadway goes.
Nobody knows, nobody knows.
For the eyes we loved and the lips we kissed
Are lost in the shrouding shadows and mist,
And 'tis dark where the roadway goes.
But oh, we know who wait beyond
The Goodbye Road, the Goodbye Road,
And the years are slow and the days are long
Ere we catch the step and learn the song
That end in the Last Abode.
The Goodbye Road, the Goodbye Road,
And the years are slow and the days are long
Ere we catch the step and learn the song
That end in the Last Abode.