This was written in the Funan Food Court in Singapore in 2009. I found it today when I was going through some old notebooks. I remember this encounter as if it were yesterday...
They stared at you
they did
At your difference
At your height
At your eyes
At the curve of your spine
They did not see
what I did
You asked to
clear my plate
A raised eyebrow
and eye connection
No words
I smiled with you
eyes to eyes
Said yes
please
You asked me
how my meal was
A circle of your
thumb and forefinger
I smiled with you
eyes to eyes
And said yes
thank you
You walked away
In your shuffle
I saw a
spring in your step
Behind you
you left a
spring in my heart.
© Jacqueline Le Sueur 2009
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