If we meet in person
only for a moment
in passing by mistake
Fortune falls like sunshine
across your face a smile
for a second then gone
Wishful thinking we meet
again by chance what luck
during a thunderstorm
Eyeing my umbrella
large enough to hide two
quietly from the rain
Maybe you ran away
to keep from getting soaked
rushing inside a store
Even a cup of joe
on Jackson Boulevard
could not warm my shy heart
Ever the silent type
I hide within my voice
most people cannot hear
Though the instance our eyes
met I offered the use
of my huge umbrella
But within the silence
I seem like a deaf-mute
who cannot even speak
As others do with hands
in lightning-fast gestures
impossible to read
Never having been taught
sign language in high school
I spoke real words softly
After seeing your face
once again in passing
only for a moment
Nothing but my own voice
could keep me from asking
who you are what's your name
And so I did in fear
and trepidation stop
you in your fast-step tracks
Slipping on the tossed skin
of a banana made
you laugh with a big smile
Kissed the concrete pavement
right on my rump my ass
hurt with my ego bruised
Instead you reached your hand
out to help me stand up
I quietly thanked you
Nothing ever transpired
to make you fall in love
with a complete stranger
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