Almost Never Met A clamorous,
Almost Never Met
A clamorous, smoke filled room ended a long day of much confusion,
Good food, music, and friends were my felicitous conclusion.
Was I the only one to notice the room change as you arrived?
Was my gray evening the only one colored by your warm smile and sparkling eyes?
Apparently our almost-meeting was another irony of fate,
A prior engagement and my early departure precipitated a decision moments late.
I wish I would have stayed if for nothing else but "Hello."
Your beauty so rare and seraphic, I was such a fool to go.
But we can't all go through life prisoners of our regret,
Which is precisely why expression finds life within the lonely sonnet.
I wasn't sure just how to tell you, but knew what I wanted to say,
The anamnesis of your ephemeral glance lingers still with me each day.
If never you should know me beyond the words upon this page,
Please know your presence touched me in an unusual and special way.
A clamorous, smoke filled room ended a long day of much confusion,
Good food, music, and friends were my felicitous conclusion.
Was I the only one to notice the room change as you arrived?
Was my gray evening the only one colored by your warm smile and sparkling eyes?
Apparently our almost-meeting was another irony of fate,
A prior engagement and my early departure precipitated a decision moments late.
I wish I would have stayed if for nothing else but "Hello."
Your beauty so rare and seraphic, I was such a fool to go.
But we can't all go through life prisoners of our regret,
Which is precisely why expression finds life within the lonely sonnet.
I wasn't sure just how to tell you, but knew what I wanted to say,
The anamnesis of your ephemeral glance lingers still with me each day.
If never you should know me beyond the words upon this page,
Please know your presence touched me in an unusual and special way.