A story

He met her in a bar. She loved how he seemed so
present. He loved how she kept him off-balance,
effortlessly. Things went awfully fast and, at first, they
didn’t notice how the pieces never really matched.
But she was good at avoiding the obvious (a family
strength). And at times, mostly when no words were
being spoken, it felt very right. Also, the sex was
astonishing. So they stayed. After a while though, even
the booze couldn’t put enough distance between them.
Then one night, at their bar, she surprised both
of them. She got up and never came back.
The symmetry was crushing and lovely.

(from the Libretto to Why Birds Fly for the song 'You Stay')