Elephant in the Room

Glances passed between all of us.
Idle chit-chat here and there.
We all just ignored it.
We all just looked past it.

The elephant in the room.
It loomed and wailed.
We closed our ears.
We closed our eyes.

I guess we all thought it was.
Thought it was better this way.
We all just ignored it.
We all just looked past it.

The elephant in the room.
It loomed and wailed.
We closed our ears.
We closed our eyes.

Deceiving ourselves.
It's what we do best, isn't it?
Let's just ignore it.
Let's just look past it.
For now.

The elephant in the room.
It'll just go away.
We just need to close our ears.
We just need to close our eyes.
Did we seriously think it would happen this way?

Idle chit-chat and glances.
Awkward, conversational dances.
We tried to ignore it.
We tried to avoid it.
We tried to look past it.
To what end?