Life is loud and beautiful these days,
Full of the happy noise of the present.
But sometimes, in the quiet of the evening,
I turn the page back to a different winter.
To a year that feels a lifetime ago.
To a hallway where time stopped
For just a few seconds.
Two strangers passing.
One stunned silence.
A flash of recognition that had no name.
Nothing was said.
No lines were crossed.
We just kept walking our separate ways.
But if you are out there,
Wondering if you imagined that moment,
Or if it was just a trick of the light…
You didn’t.
It was real.
I saw it too.
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