Goodbyes

If there was one thing I could ask God,
I would ask Him to take away all the goodbyes in life.
We are forced to say our goodbyes to so many things in this life.
To loved ones, either for good or for a while;
And you know that when it's for good, it feels like your heart is being wrenched from your chest when you know that you will never see them again, never hear them laugh, cry or speak;
To memories that you've grown so fond of, that you know you will never again experience no matter how hard and long you search;
To people who, were at first strangers, but you soon grew so fond of, grew to love, to cherish, to depend on;
That's why I never like sending people off at airports, or attending farewell parties.
Why prolong what will inevitably happen anyway?
I suppose Goodbyes are just another part of life we can't avoid.
Like sin, temptations, greed and all that.
And I suppose I'll just have to take it as it comes,
But that doesn't mean I have to like it.