First Encounter

averted eyes
clenched hands
nervous sweat
she speaks
her voice,
soothing
shoulders relax
hands open slowly
as they wipe the sweat from my brow
her hands
lay upon mine
I glance
to see a smile
reassuring
she speaks again
but not a single word I hear
blissful with the fact
that it is I she speaks to
her arms
wrap around me
I embrace her
time stops
for but a moment
and as all good things
the moment ends