Just a quiet summer afternoon br Easy comfortable conversation br Two old friends br Catching up on each others lives br Touching only in passing, br And lightly, br On the past they had shared. br br Did they think br Their worlds so different br And needs so br Changed? br That the passing years br Had faded passion br Like a photograph br Left too long in the sun? br br br When he leaned in to kiss her cheek br Was it her loneliness and longing br That turned her lips to his? br Was it his emptiness and needing br That stretched and deepened his kiss? br br If the hour had not been so late br If home and family had not called. br Would she have stayed? br And in each other’s br Arms could they have br For one quiet summer afternoon br Found comfort in forgetting br And release in remembering? br Touching only in passing, br And lightly, br On the past they had shared.