You fit into me ~ Margaret Atwood

The poem, "You fit into me" by Margaret Atwood is a short poem with more than one possible meaning. The poem is made up of two stanzas, each with two lines. The first stanza seems innocent to me, talking about a hook fitting into an eye. I know how to sew, as well as crochet, and I have had clothing which fastens with a hook and eye. So, when I read this first stanza I think of something related to completeness, things fit together, exactly where they are supposed to be. The second stanza then describes the somewhat ambiguous term of the hook and eye as the fisherman's hook, and an open eye. This completely flips the tenor of the poem for me, turning from contentment and togetherness to bitter resentment. This clever shift was done intentionally, to show what life should have felt like, and how it ended up.