She hopes that he can understand
The way she’s come to feel –
For all the good they have, she thinks
She needs time to anneal

To face the battles she must fight.
She’ll need to find new power:
A search she has to make alone
So much the world to scour –

Tonight, she sets off on her own,
And time will tell how far —
She doesn’t mean to break his heart:
It’s just
The way things
Are