If I could say goodbye

If I could say goodbye, I wouldn’t say farewell to you. Instead, I would utter those words I never could tell you:

I love you.

Saying goodbye would be lying to myself because I know you’re not leaving; you live in my heart even when you’re no longer here. You visit me in my dreams, even when you’re no longer in my days.

I love you.

I hope those are the words you remember from our goodbye, that the memory of me is that, even in the end, I could smile and tell you everything you always made me feel.

I love you.