I saw you on the bus today;

You smiled.

I basked in the radiance.

I know you, I thought.

Luxuriant, reddish auburn hair

And laughing eyes.

Searching my memory,

Desparately,

Fruitlessly.

You spoke;

Then I realised where you figured in my past.

It had been five years ago.

When we were two other people.

All we spoke of was the bus route,

Then you had to get off.

Still smiling.

I wish we’d had more time….