the big light

it's more subtraction
these days
than it is
addition.
the list of friends
and lovers
is shrinking
like daylight
finding
the longer days
of winter.
it's okay to fade
away.
to go gently into
that good night.
no whimper, no whining.
just a smile,
a kiss.
a wave farewell,
a flick off
of the big light.