Sudden

You caught me at thecorner of my strideswung off balance bythe interest in your smileyour mind fed me imagesI remembered.Youth is nowhere in theequation: you recognisedthe power of floating ;freedom of the orchidcherry blossom brightsong in a thrush’s breast.I bring you offerings from afarwrapped from a table long forgottenaroma of night leavingsconnections unbidden feelingbought with the eleganceof two stranger’s meeting.