Once there were lovers that had equal hearts.

One would pursue one,

the other would pursue the other.

Then the angels looked down and said:

“What a waste”, and made them perceive each other.

Their hearts melted into one.

They had no use for the world

so they leaped into the swift river.

This heart was always restless

and the only place where it had any rest at all was on the beach.

But even on the beach one said:

“I wish we’d never been made one.”

And immediately one half flew up in the sky

and the other half into the sea.

But they yearned for each other.

And when it rained the one in the sea said:

“This is a message from my other half in the sky.”

And when the water was evaporated from the ocean and rose up, the other said:

“This is a message from my other half in the sea.”

-Agnes Martin