She strode into the restaurant
A Face from the distant past
With the alluring charm as sublime
As an angel in heaven cast.
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She took the Table by the window
He settled back in his chair
Her eyes looked around for the waiter
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As her fingers flicked her hair.
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As the morning light fell on her face
It looked like a divine art
He felt the torment rise again
Within the depths of his heart.
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The steak grew cold on his table
Lay there unremembered
He could hardly suppress an old pain
That over the years he had tempered.
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The memory of that phone call
She scolded him severe
His love he had professed for her
Was turned down with a sneer.
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Ten years hence this day has come
He has travelled far and wide
But for all the world he has seen
None else has he ever eyed.
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She was lost in thought and looking out
In a steady pensive gaze
While he wanted so to approach her
He thought up different ways.
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Ten long years of life have gone
Has she softened down a tad?
Should he go ahead and speak to her?
He reckoned it would be bad.
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He let an unhappy sigh escape
As he paid up for his food
Walking away towards the exit
He reasoned it was for good.
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Outside he walked by the glass
He stole one final glance
For one moment their eyes did meet
It seemed to break her trance.
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A smile lit up her lovely face
His heart did skip one beat
He wasn’t sure it was for him
As she came outside to meet.
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“How are you?” She smiled and asked
Tongue tied he just stammered
She gazed at him with tender eyes
His heart inside him hammered.
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That usual pride of old had gone
Perhaps mellowed down with age
He flustered as he looked at her
His bearings he tried to gauge.
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She invited him for a coffee
As they sat across the table
He knew it was a second chance
Found only in a fable.
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Was it real? Was it happening?
He prayed for it to be true
He thanked the Gods in the heavens
For this gift out of the blue.
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Torment, Unexpected
