A Face in the Clouds

You passed me by,
on a busy, city street,
our eyes meet,
and a moment's life and love,
is lived in a glance.

Yet like a face in the clouds,
one second you were there,
and then you were gone.

And I wonder,
at that random chance of nature,
that could create,
such a moment's beauty.

I wonder at that vision
of your face,
which still lingers in my mind,
like a half-remembered dream.

I wonder what would have happened,
had we stopped and said hello.
introduced our lives to the other.
Yet you are destined to remain,
these unanswered questions.

For like a face in the clouds,
one second you were there,
and then you were gone.

One second you were there,
and then you were gone,

One second you were there,
and then you were gone...