flutter

lights danced.
they shimmered on the cool pavement
of an unknown place
seeming to echo
some delicious secret
just between the two of us
while overhead
trees kept counsel
and wind breathed life upon their leaves.

the leaves danced too.
fluttering in the breeze
this way and that
propelled by a force
larger than themselves
indeed
larger than life itself
like the strange force
that made my heart flutter
when i looked and saw your eyes
looking back at me.

my heart fluttered
the world stopped
leaves rustled
and lights danced upon cool pavement.
(22 january 2009)

(photograph used with permission - Christine Choi )