love at first sight on that first night in 1969

love at first sight on that first night in 1969

for every lock, a key,

for every key, a lock;

so why was it such a shock,

to find that me and you, and you and me

fitted in that first instance - in that first instance!

way back when I knew there was no way back,

when the you in me in you in me, closed the crack

in the reason for the insistence of our existence.

that first instance, that very first instance!

when i held you in my arms,

and the world and all its harms

were locked out by our eyes.

here, after years of insistence, 

why am i still surprised

that today i am in love with you more,

far more than surprise will inveigh,

or that these words could ever convey.