Bewildered

I heard that you were crying
Because we were apart.
But just a few months later
You opened your hand, and let me go.

We always said that we were us,
Two bodies, one soul, a genius.
So how could we do such a stupid thing?
You just opened your hand, and let me go.

If you were unhappy, why didn't you say?
I would have done most anything.
Surely our love was worth working at?
But you opened your hand, and let me go.

So long apart defied the odds.
We planned that you would come here too.
But weeks and months and years went by,
Then you opened your hand, and let me go.

Darling!  I shall never forget you.
For nineteen years I held your hand in mine.
You shattered my trust, and wrecked our life,
When you opened your hand, and let me go.

—San Diego
3/26-30/2000