bus stop

It felt strange 

sitting beside someone I once loved,

pretending we didn’t know each other,

as if we hadn’t planned a future.

But then I remembered---

we started as two people,

who knew nothing of each other.

How exciting it is

to think I could love someone new,

someone I’ve yet to meet.

And for the first time,

I didn’t mind the silence

as we waited for the bus.

JKL