You can't force serendipity.
You can't force serendipity.
But you can try.
Otherwise, what use calendars,
Beautiful girl,
What use that same time of day?
What use public walkways,
What use bus schedules,
Ferries and train timetables?
What use eyes, beat-skipping hearts,
Breath caught in stilled lungs?
What use feet tripping,
What use fingers suddenly tight,
Palms dry and damp at once?
What use a neck that can't turn,
A chest clenched, hips stiff?
What use slowing your walk
To extend the time unfolding?
What use the wish everyone else
Is not there to block clear sight?
What use the tongue that will not,
Will not find the words to speak,
To reach across, perhaps to still,
To converse, to smile, to laugh,
To hint at promises, to make them,
To once again, this place, this time,
Be right here and both a little more
Aware?
What use serendipity?