How Are You?

A chance encounter, a surprised

recognition, for we are only

acquaintances and many years

have intervened.  We are of

different generations, but both

grandmothers, and there is

released a floodgate of details

in notes minor and major,

since there is more we have

in common than what sets us

apart.  And when we finally

take leave of one another, we

simultaneously obey an impulse

that floods our emotions; embrace,

murmuring solace and comfort.