Evidently So

There’s a shamed look in your eyes Wasn’t there before, I’d know Different than the venial or trite A flash of silver on the lake Broke a calm so deeply known It left a chasm wider than the sea It killed the dinosaurs and put two buckles in the knees A doleful wind through Douglas pleading, “Go, go, please go I wish you wouldn’t go, go, please go.” I only wish you’d never tried to hide What’s obvious and evidently so There’s something else I have to know If I’m to carry on If you were merciful you’d answer it: What do I have to do to kill this love?