Happenstance

I could have found you

in the crowd,

on a walk through a

busy city street;

 

or in line at an air-port gate,

filled with other hopes

waiting to board.

 

I could have found you

absorbed

in a book,

in some café window

I wandered by,

 

on a day

when any-thing could happen.

 

I could have found you

in

a museum,

under constant renovation,

in a dim room filled with Cezanne;

 

or at a rally

for some

important intention;

 

or sitting quietly

alone,

on a park bench

near the river,

with soft thunder

mixing in the wind.

 

I could have found you

in

a thousand ways;

but I couldn’t

find you in time.

 

I could have found you

in the crowd,

on a walk through a

busy city street.

I could have found you

in a thousand ways;

but I couldn’t

find you in time.