i get it now,
although i'm not sure how.

you can pay me now,
or
you can pay me later.

i can go through this time
of discomfort now,
i can let you go now
or
i can hold on until later.
then i can let you go.
either way
i have to let you go.

seems to me
i'm not too happy now
holding on
and if i still have to let you go
and be not too happy then,
maybe they're right,
i might as well
let go of you now.
maybe then,
i'll be happy.
makes sense to me.

Copyright ©2002 steve patterson