we weren't

we weren't on a coffee date

you took me out for tea

but as we talked I felt your eyes

get lost in mine, at sea

-

and on that night you caught me, I

was blind to winter's ice

but I still slipped

and didn't mind

falling into you was nice

-

we weren't going out that night

we just had shared a train

but when we went to meet our friends

I had your words in my brain

-

and you traced shapes along my knee

beneath the table's top

spelling thoughts, I never knew

but dreamed about nonstop

-

we weren't meeting privately

we just happened to be alone

and over a bottle of wine had chosen

to make our secrets known

-

but still we weren't

swelling with

the music in our ear

skilled on a stage

we played our parts

bravely, and without fear

-

but when the grand piano stopped

it was time to take the leap

you disappeared so careless of

the hurt that I would keep

-

but since then I have

erased the work

of all that we've been through

I wrote a story of my own

of the person I've grown into

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so if you see me on the street

don't ask me what is current

I'll always let my silence be

a reminder of what we weren't