a pause.

it was all swirling madness,
but there they sat in a moment of reflection.
buzz, buzz the people hummed,
and yet not a sound was heard between the two.

it was a special exchange,
a talk of prayer and clarity.
words from a woman of wisdom
shared with a youth
yearning for her thoughts.

but the party continued
and the girls giggled for the boys.

yet this girl knew, that
she was the lucky one.
what she learned in that fleeting conversation
would stay with her for a lifetime.

shadow man.

"i see you," she said.

"i see you clearly now," she barely whispered,

as she closed her eyes and a tear traced her lonely cheek.
she stretched her arm forward and gently touched the stone sculpture with her fingertips.
for only under the dark veil of her eyelids did the chiseled man reveal himself to her.