Terry Godbey        Orlando         (Susan Lilley)
Finding Love at 66

            Maybe there is nothing, ever, that can equal the recollection of having been young together.
– Michael Cunningham


I opened the Facebook message and out came an old friend

I opened the old friend and out came a man who fell for me decades ago

I opened the man who fancied me without my noticing 
and out came someone who knew me better at 22 than I knew myself

I opened the confidante with whom I had been young — out came 
a rugged photographer who listened and radiated a quiet kindness

I opened that kindness and attention and out came a supercharged
version of myself whose skin began to dance

I opened my skin to his and we became 
a spray of sparks, starflash and second chances