December 12, 2019: “For an instant”

For an instant

I saw you today.

I was going in.

You were coming out.

For an instant

our eyes locked.

I lowered mine.

You turned yours.

I kept going.

You did too.

SH 12/12/2019

(Going to my last Standing Committee meeting, when I saw a colleague who had just been deposed of his orders).