No words

Looking back,
I think she was afraid
when I saw her truth.
We had never spoken,
but in the group sessions,
she surprised me
with split second glances
and strange blushes.
Then, tables turned,
I made a game
of trying to catch her eye.
Not a single word.
That’s how it goes.

…and then one night, as I walked under a streetlight in the fluttering snow, she pulled up to the stop sign in a pickup truck. Rolled down the window. Smiled and waved. I waved back, though I didn’t know who it was, or how the heck she would have recognized me…

…in a winter parka. Next morning, I wait in line for a coffee at the drive-thru. I pull up to the window, and there she is, half smile and eyes averted. I break the ice and say “I know you. You drive a black Ford pickup, right?” Again, a blush. “Thanks for your order, Sir.”