a legal goodbye

So this is goodbye
On paper. A legal document
Sign, date, and notarize
Did you even realize that it would come to this?

I once envisioned us at the front of the aisle
Dresses and suits and beaming smiles
Tearing eyes
Speeches and forever on tongues and sunrise

I used to read your chicken scratch letters
Stringing together the most beautiful words
Poems and love letters
The "do not forgetters" reminding me of how I was loved

Now here we are, fighting with no voice
Our lawyers talk the talk
Back and forth
Dollar amounts and vague threats

What happened to the do not forgets?

Now all I have is your signature
On a document
A legal goodbye

Your chicken scratch
Once again can make me cry