Why is it so hard to say Good-bye?

You fumble with that fearful word

You fumble with that fearful word
Your once rugged voice slurred
You are too meek
To speak
Adieu.
What can we do?
Leave it to me to say:
Walk out the door and go away.

Line count: 8
Form: A Pendulum is an 8-line poem, with a syllabic structure of 8-6-4-2-2-4-6-8 and a rhyme scheme of a-a-b-b-c-c-d-d.