Tatty Bye

Tatty bye

Tatty bye

You whispered in my ear

Whist I did cry

I did not know what you meant

With your strange, “Tatty bye”

Only later did I learn

It was a soft, sweet farewell

Tatty bye

Tatty bye

I whispered to myself

As an uplifting chant

In nights of following solitude

It became my mantra

Seeing me through difficult days

The aching, endless, lonely abyss

Tatty bye

Tatty bye

You did not fancy me, after all

I was a fool for love

To believe you had honestly cared

My desire for your devotion

Was greater than your scanty strength

We were not meant to flourish, after all

Much has passed in the course of our lives since that day

So changed am I from the woman you bid adieu

I salute your memory – sending up a prayer for you 

Here - I offer you a final kiss in friendship, my dearest
Off you go now
On your way, then

Tatty bye

I wish you well

Tatty bye

Godspeed

Tatty bye

Best in life to you

Tatty bye … Tatty bye