Now that there's nothing in the way   Why do we still keep   Keep our distance?   Don't you ever find it strange   - or is it only me? -   The matter of our silence?      Do you notice how we still   Skirt around the past?   And how we tread so gently?   Do you notice how we don't   Ever touch upon the possibility?      Once we lived in different towns,   Once you wanted to be free,   Still we stole ourselves a summer.   Do you not see me that way now?   Or is it that maybe   You think I'm still tied to another?      Do I read too much into   Things you do and say?   That would be just like me.   Am I the only one who thinks   Our guards are always raised   In each other's company?      I've never said a word through fear   Of seeing just surprise   Written in your eyes.   I've never wanted to appear   Foolish as I find   It's never crossed your mind.