sonder, n: the realization and understanding
                that all other people have lives
                as complex as one’s own.
                        -Merriam-Webster Dictionary 

Ever had someone
crash into you
like a meteor?

Spring into your life like kismet
propelled by cosmic certainty
completely balanced
like the sun and the moon
being the same size in the sky?

Like your souls have already speaking to each other
long before your bodies have gotten the chance?

This person shares a space with you
  for a night
  for an hour
  for a moment
leaving you
  forever improved

like you never would have reached
your fullest self
without their touch.

I’ve seen stories explode
from opened beer bottles
and perspectives changed
in hotel conversation.
Someone once saved my life
with a perfectly timed smile.

I want to know everything about you
and the worlds that created you
before sending all of you in my direction.

Tell me your tales of love and disappointment,
joy and grief, success and failure.
Show me what makes you you,
the magnanimous individual
gracing my skies right now.
Give me this, and I will do the same.

For we are creatures craving connection
and that creates moments beyond logic
of meeting people and unequivocally knowing
they’re supposed to be there
however briefly that ends up being.

Just the mere existence of you
has already made me a better man–
stronger, with a greater capacity for courage
from uttering that single hello–
so it doesn’t matter to me
if we never share another word
in all the time we have left on this world.

But how much more
could a lifetime
of knowing you
offer?