Love Letters and Other Musings

My New Old Friend

Tonight

Was the culmination of a journey

And the start

Of trip number two

I met an old friend

For the first time

In Los Angeles

Where everything is little different

We met on line years ago

On a dating site

Where connections are fleeting

Especially the long distance ones

But for some reason this one stuck

We became friends

Pen pals as it would have been called in the past

Before keyboards and messaging

For years we would check in

How’s this

What’s that

Where are the kids

How’s Kobe the dog

It was fun

And different

Steeped in mystery, with the anticipation

Of the day we would actually meet

Yesterday was that day

And although she has found a love

Someone from her past

She still made time to find me

And I must report

It was fantastic

From hello to goodnight

We just “knew” each other

We had a grand night

We toasted the real world

And the journey we’ve shared

Even though we hadn’t taken a step together

But really we had

In a world we created

Apart from the real world

Just a place that has time - but no space

So now as we go forward

With a real connection

And a shared experience

We start the second part of the trip