And it was You

I saw you

(there, across the way)

Through acrid fumes of sweat

and smoke.

Through all the bodies

huddled up in conversation,

saving face.

I saw you there,

and it was You...

I saw you notice

my face

too.

I held your attention

undivided for a time.

And you held mine

(a moment)

Before distraction carried us,

individually,

away into the night.

Still, i dwelled in that

brightness...

That silent promise.

I would see you again.