anticipation

Before we met
There was anticipation
Lots of it
Dream, dread and what will I do?
All combined in an amazing swirl.

Then suddenly you came
With very little fan fare
The moment became etched
Like the germination of my youth
Like the birth of my daughter
Like the growth of my children
Like the death of my father
Like my automobile accident
It just became part of my life
And then it was over

Still the moment
Stays as fresh as ever
In my mind’s sky
Undiminished
Untarnished by trickeries of memory
Unshaken by the storms of time
As if we are meeting right now
For the first time.