This is a tribute to the memory of all past, long-distance relationships and farewells.

We said goodbye then, with people there
so it wouldn't be so hard

And we had said what
we wanted to say
Or at least...
we knew by then,
what didn't need to be said
so it wasn't so hard.

We could see each other again
though we didn't know when

And we could call...
and talk...
across the thousands of miles between us.

After all,
we had known each other
all this time
and would know each other
always
and anywhere.
So, it wasn't so hard.

But, both of us,
our eyes were tears
and the people were not there


And that last hug -- how could I not hold you?
How could we separate our hearts
when we felt them beating together?

And how God, how could I let go?
How could I let go?

After all ...
we had known each other
all this time
And would know each other
always. and anywhere.

--Timothy Takach