Our pictures were the only reminder I had to prove we were once together
And then I saw you

In one look
It was like nothing
But everything
Had changed

We hug
So brief and unfeeling
Did I hold you just a little too long?

I think of the times
I once longed for the feel
Of your bare skin against mine

But now we sit side by side
Like the same ends of a magnet
A complete refusal to touch

We must look like two distant friends
Who have bumped into each other
On their way out to different destinations

Our eyes sneak glances
At one another
Not daring to hold the other’s gaze
For a second too long

You tell me about your friends and your plans
It’s funny
I was once a part of those

We move on
Exchange the niceties
I tell you how I’ve been
And finally

I ask you the only question my tongue cared to form
The one you knew I would ask the moment you saw me
And your answer satisfies my ego

Should I flirt with temptation?

Six minutes is all we had
Yet somehow it seemed to stretch to forever
One more stolen glance as my stop approaches
I hope you watch me walk away

I turn back and see you take out your phone
“Guess who I just saw!”
I smile to myself
And think
How strange it all is

I start to wish I had an extra stop
But the promises I made to myself are ones I won’t break
Besides
What good could it possibly bring?

I surely don’t feel like
The same person
Who left your flat
All that time ago

Can you believe it’s been so long?

With a final beep, beep, beep
The doors slither to a close behind me
And just like that
We are strangers again

I walk away
Excited for what my night may bring
But still I secretly hope
I may bump into you again

My favourite stranger.