Dorothy Lemoult

Revolving Doors 

Hello - Goodbye - Hello - Goodbye
Then again. 
No. 
I don't get to say goodbye. 
To want them to get better is to want them gone. 
I must welcome them to better let them go.
I don't get to say goodbye, 
Find out how they are
Or where they go. 
Helloes
Goodbyes
Flow in and out 
Like the fluids 
they pump from stomachs. 
Like the deep breaths 
In 
and
Out 
of these 
who did not leave this world
after all.
Hello 
Goodbye 
That's all we'll ever get to say.