A heartbreaking goodbye

A heartbreaking goodbye
Is not a person leaving;
It's a memory fading away,
Even if it never existed.

It's a childhood ruined
By a parent's greed,
Until the pain
Turns into a silent echo.

It's a dream vanishing
Under the pressure of growth,
Turning us into
Soulless sheep.

It's the toll time made
On the torn paper
Full of poems
We call our skin.

A heartbreaking goodbye
Is us leaving ourselves
On the street of life,
Alone before the final bow.