PARTING
Time was when love was all we needed
We believed each other’s lies
Through belief somehow they’d rise to the occasion
So we defined each other to be ourselves
and we were simply good to ourselves
Was it too much to love at any cost?
But then we could play the lover’s part so well
Time was when I could hold you as the hills
held the lake fish-dreams and all
sure of my love’s lofty view
But you were always running off
to where I could not find
so I waited alone untouched and out of mind
Time was when joys would come to us free
as birds on the natural air
Did we love for reasons we could take away?
As wild birds caught die without a hint
we lie with the truth as never before