our time was short
we weren’t meant for long
crashing orbits
fearless words
agitated sparks
briefly we tangled in a
mad mosaic monologue
barely touching
fully engaged
murmuring in a quiet corner
positioned in the middle of the vacant
paus de deux on the outskirts
a hint of sincere affections
fugitive loose confessions
traces of a shoplifted kiss
two country songs later
the coming tide of goodbye
crowded our bare wet feet
lost in a crowd
i turned away
you went back home
i still have your number somewhere
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SundayScribblings No 118 topic: chance encounter;
photo: THE DATE or Le dernier rendez-vous (the last meeting or the last chance), Pierre Marcel, flickr
Piece of Pie ala Mode 
Beautiful coming together in a flash and seperating time manipulation poem, graceful, controlled passion, simply beautiful,
Amazing, as always. 😀
i agree — beautiful and controlled. i found myself going back to find more details about why the characters’ time together was so short. perhaps it’s for the best. maybe their flames would have been so bright that they would have burned each other.
Brilliant! I feel as if i am there looking on. What a gift for poetic story telling you have
Nice job with putting a chance encounter in a poem. I felt like a peeping tom. lol
Truly wonderful. Both for personal reasons and the poem itself I love the country song metaphor
This was a total pleasure to read
And thanks for that amazing comment. Loved it
Simply brilliant!
Beautiful — a concrete moment rendered in vivid language — the fourth stanza really hit me
Not only is the poem beautiful but the blog design and the photo fit so perfectly, it’s a whole experience reading this:)
Oooohhh….I want them to connect! Pull out that phone number and call it!
This sparks the imagination more and more with each successive read. I especially thought the use of “shoplifted” and “fugitive” added unique dimensions to the piece.
traces of a shoplifted kiss – love that and -briefly we tangled in a mad mosaic monologue – another great line
it sounds like a fight between two people but ended before anything really happens, nice one