Sitting on the patio <br />At Jeff and Melanie’s <br />Just to be near Melanie <br />In hopes I would be well positioned <br />When they broke up <br /> <br />It was obvious they were different <br />Not in an opposites attracting way <br />More in a ships passing way <br />It would not be a poisonous ending <br />Full of blisters and recriminations <br />Rather just a gradual un-entwining. <br />I would be a voice of reason <br />And strength for her <br />And at the right moment my <br />Caress of friendship would become <br />More. <br /> <br />One bright afternoon on the patio <br />Jeff showed me a letter and beamed <br />At the job offer from the other coast. <br />Before I could feign a congratulatory smile, <br />Melanie was whisked out of my life<br /><br />Michael Philips<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/getting-it-wrong/
