Where Ever You Are...

I knew him briefly,
many, many years ago.
He played an important role in my life.

We met under ordinary circumstances.
However, prior to our first meeting,
and hearing only his name,
I felt a connection,
or more
accurately,
a recognition.

Odd how that happens with some people.  But it was immediate, and the pull toward him was undeniable.  I was married at the time, he was on the verge of marring for the second time.  Our lives couldn't have been further apart.  And yet, we found ourselves looking into familiar eyes.  His energy was strong, and I was weak. Although my marriage was over the night it began, I could not be unfaithful, even with this man.

What happened in the years that followed have no meaning to the memories I sometimes unwrap.  I believe  this man and I may have known each other in a different place, a different time.

I find it easy to imagine our lives together.  Easier still to almost remember a life together.  Perhaps he was Nikolaos and I was Alexandra?

Perhaps that is why it is best we never re-united?  Perhaps he knew more then he let on?  Perhaps it was nothing like that and I sometimes allow myself the luxury to fantasize?  Perhaps.

However far apart we are and will always remain, I want him to know I am near him.

Until we meet again...