“I believe

in love at first sight

but

I will always believe

that the people

we love

we have loved before.

Many, many

many times before

and when we stumble

through grace

and circumstance and

that brilliant illusion of choice

to finally meet them again

we feel it faster

each time through.

The one glance

that set life alight

is two sets

of two eyes

staring through the layers

of lifetimes

and stolen glances

and first kisses

and hands held;

the brace against the

weight and unrelenting

tide of waiting.

I believe

in love at first sight

but am not burdened

with the misconception

that it’s a first sight

at all.”