Shoulder To Shoulder

Shoulder to shoulder

Amused, but not advanced

He, she

You, me

It's all just circumstance

Eager, hopeful

Content to play the friend

Timid advances

With mutual regret

She can't always be wrong

He can't always be right

Not a matter of choice

Just a matter of time

Till they know where they stand

Once they've reached the end

Awkward choices

With smiles from ear to ear

A faded union

That won't survive the years

Timeless series

Of blameless accidents

Oh, disturbed, sightful

Of inherited mistakes

She can't always be wrong

He can't always be right

Not a matter of choice

Just a matter of time

Till they know where they stand

Once they've reached the end

I'll be mine where I place my drafts

When the desert ends

I last the dust