Fleeting Thoughts

faltered

his gaze met hers;
time stopped around them

and for a split second,
each knew what the other was thinking:

jokes shared long ago,
opinions formed and debated

feelings reciprocated in an unshared fashion,
things not needing to be said

his gaze met hers,
and for just a second

the world was right;
in the most unright way

for soon that second passed
and their gazes faltered