“Let’s just be friends” came the reply.
“What? Just friends? Can I ask why?”
Panic flickered across her eye,
she looked away and began to sigh.
Go on, say it. Say that lie…
“I like you a lot, you’re a really nice guy…”
I heard the “…but” as I gazed at the sky
It’s always me, I just wanna know why.
— JW, 1995