In all the universe

Have you not seen the bewilderment

That is a soul finding another soul

Which, in an instant,

Both paralyzes and consumes it whole?

All these lonely people stand

So close to one another

And yet not one of them

Will stop the other

All these lonely people

Wanting nothing more than a glance

A reminder that yes: they, too, live!

Wanting nothing more than to be given a chance

And yet they pass by

Just as lonely as the soul standing alone

But they do not cry

It is all they have known

Until suddenly one does stop

The world stops beneath

And there is no rhyme and no reason

But there is an inability to breathe

It is not the “love at first sight” of fairy tales

It is as the Japanese say

“I may not love you now

But I know that I will love you someday”

Perhaps these two souls are bound

By particles entangled from the beginning of time

What a rare thing it is

What a special thing for us to find