if we met,
you and i,
would we stand 
before each other
as strangers 
with our defences
raised high
in protection
ready to shield
ourselves
against possible
attack?

or would we
embrace
as old friends
who have
not yet met
and wrap each other
in fond arms
and kind eyes
seeing ourselves
in the other
knowing
we are the same one
in a different form?

the truth is
i see you everywhere
all the time
and you
cannot hide
from me
for much longer.