[Critique Group 2] **Joan's submission for critique**

[Joan Myles]

Dear Friends,

Here is my poem for our Jan 31 critique session. I look forward to
your thoughts.
Blessings,
Joan

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Final Good-Bye

Somehow it’s easier to slip away
when darkness cloaks the earth,
When sleep masquerades
as the final good-bye.

Death’s only a trick then,
a childish prank, optical
Illusion. Blink twice, clap
your hands, and fairies will dance again.

But, in fact,  you leave us
dreaming,
swimming into daybreak
through this veil of pulsing rain.