A Singular Moment

A singular smile—
A moment of mine,
A smile of yours,
Mine and yours

Rewired
By a Smile

Do you know?

What you said?
Six years ago
at 8:48 on the Friday morning
before Labor Day?

I smiled, after inviting you out for dinner
over the holiday weekend,
only saying:
two people,
strangers,
with no one familiar—
alone for the weekend—
might enjoy an evening
of food and talk.

I walked out the door,
a changed person,
the huge red morning sun
was rising.

That simple moment
Changed my life,
my whole outlook,
my entire being,
my completely
dead
existence.

You said:
‘I won’t have a relationship with a client.’

Hahahaa
Still resonates.
And you had a perfect explanation.

I still vividly remember
smiling, being as gracious as possible,
walking out the door,
getting in the car,
and driving away
with the early morning sun
in my rear-view mirror—
amazingly tingling everywhere,
disappointed but
with something I hadn’t felt
in a long, long time—
absolute joy.

Happier than I had been
in a decade or three
all from being
rejected
by the most beautiful
smile I had ever witnessed,
sitting on a stool
behind a counter—
imaginatively competent.

Awesome!!
Simply awe
And more—
Awesome!!!!

I was so stupidly
happy.
Actually…
ecstatic.

Six years later
you haven’t changed,
no matter what
I’ve done.

You have no idea
how important
that singular moment
was
for me.

Freedom

And I
am still
enamored
with that
smile.

My life is now
alive,
authentic,
and connected.

Sometimes,
we need to be told
no
to realize what our
yes
should be
and be
rewired.

How is that?
for a perfect
moment?

Tell me!
Tell me!!
Tell me!!!

That light I saw—
at the end of the tunnel?
A reflection of my inner truth,
an external destination
I needed to find.

And found,
in my
Muse.

I am so
happy—
living your
singular smile.