Adrenaline, it must have been, as I watched
From my hiding place deep inside my house
And your car slid out of the traffic
And stopped outside my present
My watch served up the seconds slowly as,
I watched the shape inside,
Obscured by reflections,
Climb out and stand.
I was mistaken:
I thought I knew every inch
Of my own time -
Every cut and pinch.
But in the kitchen where
Like a time traveller,
You suddenly stood here,
And now simply re-drew my past
Strong and warm
Your arms around me
In this unpredicted moment
The potent past changing
I like to remember that embrace
Imprinting a new history beneath
Your brief and certain, hands
As they reached through time .
