The Fish Meets the Water Bearer

Linda Goodman

We searched for each other

in the most unlikely places,

among the most unlikely people,

and when our paths finally crossed,

it was for reasons so entangled

in our daily bread,

and the usual trespasses

that we might not even have noticed,

except for that faint quiver of wonder

like a passing chill from the night air.

We loved

and the closest we’ve come to explaining why,

is because it was you,

and because it was I.