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.
And whither it runs beyond the turn Nobody knows, nobody knows.For the eyes we loved and the lips we kissedAre 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 longEre we catch the step and learn the song That end in the Last Abode.