the lamp post

Passing days like

Strangers on the street

Quick glance, smile, wave

Avert the eyes

Do not linger

A longing for more

That you know isn't coming 

Fleeting and unmemorable 

Until there is none

Until there is one 

A lone face shaded 

By the shadow of a 

Lamp post, flickering 

Flashing flights and a pause 

You look like someone I knew