You can pretend that
Our eyes did not meet
That there was not that
Storm a ragging sheet of
Rain and wind and sleeting
Gail’s that ushered away
Our love

You can pretend that
Our minds did not see
That inner glow that longing
To be something anything other
Than this that fearful moment
That very first kiss

You can pretend that
You don’t love me and hide
Away beneath the scares of distant
Memories longing to be that other
Longing to see the distance of a smile