missed opportunities

i think i am falling out of routine.


i used to complain i was starting to have one when i begun to notice how we often seem to cross paths at paseo. early in the morning just as the sun is gearing up and starting to get hot. you - walking to wherever your office is (probably somewhere in ayala). i - on my way home. sometimes we'd cross paths in front of 711, or the old prudential bank which is now BPI, or in front of veteran's, or AIM. i seem to see you all over that place. heck i was starting to get used to it. we never spoke. not even a single word. we only passed each other by. but when i see you walking towards me, tall amid the rushing crowd, wearing your usual black shirt and jeans, your bulky mailbag that probably has your laptop; sometimes i smile. maybe i was the only one who noticed. you - you never seem to notice me at all.


now



i dread going home...
we rarely cross paths anymore.
one of us
must be falling out
of routine.







Nothing occurs at random, but everything for a reason and by necessity".
-Leucippus