This Is What We Do

I do not 

see you 

so

you do not

see me.

This is what 

we do.  

Pretend 

and

play.

From one another 

we stay away. 

Ignoring me 

ignoring you. 

No more anything.

We just act like 

each other we 

do not see. 

Maybe an award we should

receive for our act to 

deceive.

No rehearsal needed. 

Our mutual unspoken 

warning instinctively 

heeded. 

I know you're there.

I know exactly where. 

But it matters not 

as long 

as you stay far. 

You drift closer.

I move further. 

You look up. 

I look down. 

I normally avoid 

your part of town. 

Bitter and nothing sweet

when you are around. 

It is never to soon to

make my escape. 

Walking out the door 

as I remember exactly 

how

sweet your kisses taste.