I received your letters.
Each and every one.
I only wish I'd held them close
ere my time was done.
While my hands, they lay in stillness,
the pages seemingly unread
and my eyes could not caress your words
my heart served me instead.
I felt your friendship keenly.
I've fashioned my reply.
I postmarked it in eternity.
It reads:
My dear friend,
Goodbye.