You Just Went Away

You just went away,

Went away all fine,

In a quiet, hustled, discreet way,

It was all so clandestine

The day before you went away,

You seemed so happy,

Together we went a long way,

You even asked me for tea.

You sneaked out quite all right

You didn’t even give me a clue,

Had I the insight

I would have definitely stopped you.

I still remember the day,

It was all merry and gay,

But I knew not which way,

You have gone away

Even as I continue to write and sing,

I search for your face among the teeming millions,

I hope my books and songs tell you the way,

You hurt me when you went away.