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.