Awkward strangers choose to meet
Two lonely hearts at life’s crossroads
Hearts maimed from previous loves
Wreckages of shattered confidence
The wheels of conversation begin
Turning slowly through lack of use
Skills forgotten, now frantically sought
To enliven the air with interest
Alcohol loosens inhibitions
Words flow like sparkling wine
Minds connect like souls familiar
As first “in-jokes” are shared
Mirrored body language
Reflects entwining fingers
Exploring warm new skin
As if searching for a mate
A puzzle solved in the first kiss
Bodies that come together
Contours that perfectly fit
A shared space so intimate
An outside world smudges past
Speeding by with light and sound
As love grows in a space
In which time stands still
Scattered thoughts and daydreams
Keep reality far from focus
As love continues to thrive
An unknown soul is born within
Sudden news to bind two hearts
Lonely no more, a future shared
Two become a family of three
As the little soul presents herself
A fledgling relationship put to the test
Time travels once more; no space to spare
A lifetime of stress so condensed
Into three years, six months and ten days
No recovery time, a second soul born
More demands on pressured lives
Sleepless nights give way to gloom
Motherhood’s euphoria descends to blues
Intimacy; a forgotten language
A space no longer to be shared
Minds disconnect, bodies disentangle
A puzzle to be solved once more
Disinterest hangs in stagnant air
The art of conversation forgotten
Confidence plunges to new depths
As two hearts break once again
She searches deep inside herself
With hurt feelings and a tired body
That sags from successive births
She lies before him, naked once more
Wordlessly, she makes love to him
She moves in ways to show
That she remains exactly the same
As lovely as when he saw her first
Her body finds its favoured contours
Skins converse in a language of touch
They reunite as if to say
“I knew you and loved you once”
And as she holds his face close
Fingers explore warm skin again
Sparks of recognition appear
In the eyes of the man she once knew
Her eyes respond wordlessly to plead
For his acceptance that she remains
The same girl for whom once he blushed
As he forever remains the one she loves
Broken hearts flood with emotion as
Words of reassurance tumble forth
Frantic whispers of a rejuvenated love
And promises never to be strangers again
