Still It Doesn't Rain

You and I had got it wrong —
every crossword in the world
had squeezed "you and I" into the same two little letters.

With every look,
every song,
every wander under autumn rain
we came closer,
always one step from something extraordinary
that was never going to happen.

Believe me, it's no one's fault.
Sometimes the sky clouds over,
people take their umbrellas,
and still it doesn't rain.