Festive Departure

A festive season full of mixed feelings as we prepare for our departure
Our destiny awaits
At least an epic journey at any rate

Friends and family bring good health and cheer
then come the tears
The embrace
The long goodbye
Who could go through it without wanting to cry?

But we sally forth
To the irrevocable pull 
Which we can no longer 
Simply ignore

It means a pause placed on the life we have here and a heartfelt goodbye to those we hold dear but never fear we shall return some year

Having grown and expanded with air in our wings
We shall travel light and return with whatever our trip brings

I say not goodbye
Instead, fare the well
For next time we meet
There shall be stories to tell