Did your parents meet

while marching for peace

in San Francisco in that

Summer of love?

Did they take a Freedom Ride

to Selma or Montgomery

sitting together on the bus

holding hands. Thinking "us"?

Don’t feel too bad if they first met

under less than memorable circumstance

in a laundromat or a grocery store

over by eggs.

They saw eachother at that moment

each with human frailties

Did they laugh at life’s inequities

in the aisle of pointless happenstance?

No it wasn’t love at sight

but each was open to the possible

that a smile might lead to something; caring.

Even love, if it came to that.

So if your parents first encountered

under less romantic circumstance

be thankful they saw through it all.

It’s ‘cause they did that you are here.

Learn the lesson wise and well

be open to the possibility

your future may be standing

in the next aisle

staring at the eggs

open to the possibility

of a future you and

 adventure to infinity.

Originally published in Fictionique

http://fictionique.com/?p=11643