He was sitting alone
Not looking for romance
Carefully reading his menu
Not just giving it a casual glance
He smiled at a picture
Of a boy munching down
On a burger twice his size
It reminded him of his son
His divorce had been difficult
Causing him great pain and sorrow
But tonight he put it out of his mind
Not wanting trouble to borrow
Then he saw her
She entered the diner
Not looking for passion
She was in a relationship with a good man
On whom she had invested all her affection
She sat in a booth
Spinning the ring on her finger
Smiling secretly to herself
She on him her mind did linger
The waitress broke her revelry
Asking for her drink order
She took the menu and looking up smiled
Suddenly her heart began to beat harder
Because she saw him
His heart leapt within his chest
As he spied the most lovely woman he had ever seen
She sat in a booth not far away
Like Cleopatra, a beautiful queen
He knew he was staring
He couldn’t stop his gaze
He felt himself pulled to her
Like a rat caught in a maze
He stood to go to her
She gasped at the look in his eyes
She felt heat rising inside
She wondered if she should go
But his look filled her with pride
She saw him stand to join her
And quickly looked away
She thought to remove her ring from her finger
But decided it must stay
She stood to leave
His heart fell into the abyss
As he saw her gather her things to leave
He knew that the fire in his soul
Would cause him to forever grieve
She left and married her man
She had known before that fateful day
She often dreamed of a stranger in a diner
Who had stolen her heart away
They never met