Who Am I to Blame?

And if your hours are empty now, who am I to blame ~ lyrics "Goodbye Again" by John Denver

Why didn't I hear this song years ago?
Why didn't I know I wasn't to blame,
couldn't fill his hours, couldn't give him peace,
couldn't make it right. Why didn't I know
the brokenness could only be cobbled
by him? Why couldn't I bolt from the cage?
Countless people told me, years ago,
to leave, that I wasn't broken, to go.
I knew in my heart, years ago,
he never had been, never would be,
comforted by anything I might do.
I knew. I heard the song. But I couldn't
hear.