THE SMILING ENTREE

I saw you enter, looking for me,
searching the crowded restaurant.
Your beautiful eyes, eager and nervous,
until someone leads you to me -- hidden,
watching the man I loved already.

I know you've searched the world.
You find me. But I knew you would.
You come smiling to me,
so handsome in that first white shirt
I took off of you long before you realized.

(c) 2003 Maggie Mink aka Rennie Lorca