The Meaningful Moment

Anita Sacks
2023

What really is remembered? 
The show you saw 
The concert you heard? 
You enjoyed it then. 

To step-out post Covid, two years plus, 
to socialize again. 
You are well.  

Like solitary confinement, so many deprivations endured. 
Loss of contact with others 
To have an intimate moment with someone. 

I didn’t know her. 
A dog question led to this conversation. 
She was forthcoming with good information  
As we covered a geography of concerns. 

She pursued talking to me 
And I listened. 
We even laughed some. 
Before I knew it she shared  
She had breast cancer 
And how it was treated. 

Triple negative no pill  
For usual 5 years. 
Somehow we personally touched each other 
An emotionally meaningful moment.  

In some deep place 
I had a satisfaction nothing else could give me… 
My meaningful moment.