Chance Meeting

Where were you when we met just now In something of a hub, Airport terminal or hotel lobby, As you walked right by And our eyes met Yours growing in shocked amazement As you exclaimed, “What are you doing here!?” And we hugged in warm embrace. You now long gone And yet still we meet in transit Each of us on our tangential ways The years between us now stripping away All the layers those years built As we are left More ourselves than ever Revealing what was always At the core. (6/17/25)