MELANCHOLIC, YES<\/p>\n
NOSTALGIC, YES<\/p>\n
BUT ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, I’VE HAD HAPPY AND SAD MEMORIES OF YOU TO BE CHERISHED AND TO FOREGO ALL AT THE SAME TIME.<\/p>\n
AN EDIFICE OF HURT, LONELINESS, GUT-WRENCHING PROBLEMS<\/p>\n
BUT A CITADEL OF CAMARADERIE, SHARING, HUMANITY, COMPANIONSHIP, JOY, RESPECT, AND OF COURSE, LOVE.<\/p>\n
A HAVEN FOR EVERY ONE, A REFUGE FOR SO MANY, A LOVE NEST TO SOME,<\/p>\n
A FALL-BACK FOR ME.<\/p>\n
BUILT, NURTURED BY THE GREAT DAME ( AND WOULD LIKE TO BELIEVE THAT SHE STILL ROAMS ITS NOOKS AND CRANNIES )<\/p>\n
NOT TO BE OUTDONE THE HEIRESS-TO-THE-THRONE PURSUED AND TOOK THE CUDGELS FROM HER<\/p>\n
FOR WHAT YOU ARE NOW, COMPLIMENTS TO THESE TWO NO-NONSENSE PERSONA.<\/p>\n
YEARS PASSED, PEOPLE COME AND GO<\/p>\n
THINGS MATERIALIZED, THINGS LOST<\/p>\n
PETS LIVED AND PERISHED<\/p>\n
PLANTS DIED, REROOTED, DIED AGAIN<\/p>\n
YOU STOOD ALL THESE, STRONG AND UNYIELDING<\/p>\n
PROVING TO ALL AND SUNDRY – A FORCE TO RECKON WITH.<\/p>\n
AM I SAYING GOODBYE? THAT EASY? I WISH NOT<\/p>\n
AN OCCUPANT OF A SOLITARY CELL<\/p>\n
BEFITTING A QUEEN AND A TRAMP<\/p>\n
CAN I AFFORD TO SAY GOODBYE?<\/p>\n
A PACT WITH THE HEIRESS-TO-THE-THRONE –<\/p>\n
NO TO LETTING GO.<\/p>\n
YOU WERE THERE FOR ME, AND STILL IS<\/p>\n
WELCOMED ME WITH YOUR CRACKS AND MILDEW<\/p>\n
WITH YOUR COBWEBS AND DUST<\/p>\n
WITH YOUR AGING BOARDS AND WALLS<\/p>\n
BUT STILL THERE FOR ME.<\/p>\n
THE STRONG FEELING OF ONENESS<\/p>\n
THE URGE TO SING AND DANCE<\/p>\n
OUR PERFECT HARMONY<\/p>\n
NO, NOT A FAT CHANCE, BIG GUY<\/p>\n
I’M NOT SAYING GOODBYE, WE ARE NOT SAYING GOODBYE<\/p>\n
I AM SAYING HI AND HELLO, NOW, TOMORROW AND THE YEARS TO FOLLOW.<\/p>\n
THAT I OWE YOU<\/p>\n
YOU’LL BE SEEING ME, US, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR DON’T<\/p>\n
AU REVOIR. .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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