When I touched your arm
Lightly
That first time
Just near your shoulder
It floored me
I thought
This man
This flesh-and-bone man
So close
I suddenly wanted to kiss you --
Your green eyes had already
Caught me in mesmerizing gaze
I was in your space
Sharing the air between us
You slid your arm around my waist
I let my knee touch yours --
We were suspended in time
Wide open to each other
It makes me sigh to remember:
How everything came into being
That night and disappeared
Before the dawn --
Ah first encounters. . . .