it's a simple situation
it's the outcome that is tricky
it's the same configuration
from Dundee to Billericay
with a guy that isn't certain
you can't second guess the ending
with a girl who isn't sure
you can't say where it's all heading
every smile every sigh
and every tentative encounter
is a castle in the sky
but vague
we'll fix the detail later
every step and every move
and every trip upon the highway
every slap and every kiss
is just a semi-secret byway
to the awful realisation
that the patterns that recur
the most are those we need the least
and invisible to most
remain behind the sleeping beast
we chain up soundly to the post
Little Flower Book by Wayne Myers