That Moment

That initial moment
An assumed myth, or response, without promise
Didn’t expect it, never known before
Then mutual longing abruptly intercedes
The feeling …. that first emotion stays with one forever
The glorious aching never erodes
Stamped on your soul
Don’t know if I could have initiated it
Desiring everything
Risking everything and more
Terrified of failure
But suddenly, unavoidably unstoppable
A silent touch in the dark spoke an infinity of words
Erasing years of yearning and denial
Cleansing a considerable lifetime of unfulfilled visions
No single life has ever experienced this moment
Don’t attempt to convince otherwise
Don’t confuse me with history and facts
In that moment

July 2015

The transitional moment in a relationship. Until that instant there existed a tense uncertainty of the direction things would eventually go. Many years later, among everything that's been lost and forgotten in a life, that instant remains just as clear and memorable as it was the very next day. For one person anyway.