" Love at First Sight "

They' re both convinced
that a suddden passion joined them.
Such certainty is beautiful,
but uncertainty is more beautiful still.

Since they'd never met before, they're sure
that there'd been nothing between them.
But what's the word from the streets, staircases, hallways -
perhaps they've passed by each other a million times ?

I want to ask them
If they do remember -
a moment face to face
in some revolving door ?
Perhaps a "sorry" muttered in a crowd ?
A curt "wrong number" caught in the receiver ? -
But i know the answer.
No, they dont remember.

They'd be amaze to hear
that Chances has been toying with them
for years now.

Not quite ready yet
to become their Destiny
It pushed them close, drove them apart,
it barred their path,
stifling a laughter
and then leaped aside.

There were signs and signals,
even if they couldn't read them yet.
Perhaps 3 years ago
or just last Tuesday
a certain leaf fluttered
from one shoulder to another ?
Something was dropped and then picked up.
Who knows, maybe the ball that vanished
into childhood's thicket ?

There were doorknobs and doorbells
where one hand had covered another
beforehand.
Suitecases checked and standing side by side.
One night, perhaps the same dream
Grown hazy by morning.

Every beginning
is but a continuation,
and the book of events
is never more than half open.

[Wislawa Szymborska]