Anecdote

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I look back into the void and see a set of eyes looking back

Reflecting parts of myself back I had long laid to rest

As I no longer feel the need to hide

Ineffable is not even close to the word that I feel accurately articulates the way I feel


Not lightning 

Nor thunder

Not flashing

Nor light

Just warmth. 

Like the first real ray of sun cresting the mountain after a long winter,


Just subtle wind, winding change, snaking its way through the folds of my own inter-workings

Quiet and calm

A voice comes through

Changing of waves that interlink in a way two long lost puzzle pieces connect

You, the final piece of the mosaic, prized, that an artisan has searched high and low for

I look forward, seeing myself reflected back in the figure of another


How striking, how odd, to feel myself mirrored,

How I may be able to speak and be understood, not simply listened to like a record on repeat,

How is it possible I come across someone who so closely mirrors the walk I've tread,

How have I not heard your foot steps in sync with mine?


Where have you hidden from me?


Nostalgic of something I've never even come across before is a dizzying feeling

Whiplash, not of collision, but having to keep looking next to me as if you may dissipate the moment I look away,


You make the birds perch and settle,

The clouds part to see the way the sinking sun dots the sky above,

A breeze gently rustling the needles of the pine,

My hair caught in a playful dance,


Where, on earth, have you been?


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