we hugged goodbye and waited
and waited
struggling for conversation,
"that's the worst, when you say bye, and then you don't leave"
and you said, "no it's not."
you made me think
happily, I said
"wait. you're right. there's more time for visiting and spending time with each other"
I'm grateful for you
so I said, "when you leave, what do you do? do you say bye again? do you keep talking?"
and you said "you can say bye again"
and you stuck your hands in your pockets and shrugged with that cute
happy smile of yours
and then it was time to say bye again
and we hugged again.