Lapse

Life went by and we never saw again.

I still remember her sent, smile and voice in the night by the fountain.

The inner voice knew she was the one for that time, maybe for more.

Months and tears passed, crossing ways, going out, having fun and then, all of a sudden, it was time to move on. Both in separate ways.

The very last day, sitting in the cab, driving to the airport to leave the country, the very last person to see after all those intense years was her standing, then passing by.

“I wanted to get of the cab, talk to you, hug you”, I wrote years later.

“Me too”, she answered.

Life went by and we never saw again.