Accidental Rendezvous

 

I ask god for one chance encounter

An accidental rendezvous

Maybe in a flight

Or an elevator

In a meeting room

Or a waiting room

A tryst

A truthful confrontation

A surge of emotions

Controlled exterior

Uncontrollable inside

Questions answered

Truths revealed

Love requited

Thirst quenched

Maybe in the rains, drenched

Maybe in the snow of faraway lands traveled

Stuck together

Accidentally

Alone

For a day

Or maybe just 5 minutes

But 5 honest minutes

Looking each other in the eye

Not lying

Not denying

Not hurrying

Nor worrying

Not waiting for something to happen

For it is happening in that moment

And then the place, the time

Become insignificant

Time stops for those 5 minutes

Maybe time goes backwards

And starts all over again

Will we make the same mistakes

We are star crossed fools

We will probably make the same mistake again

But we didn’t regret it then

We won't regret it now

Will you smile, will you cry

Will I rise, will I fall

Will you look at me differently?

Now that time has passed

And I am better, and I am worse

Will you recognize me?

Will I look at you differently?

Will you become nothing?

Or will you still remain everything

One accidental rendezvous

Is all I ask for.