i've read these little stories on craigslist before. most are strangers who crossed paths. a few are of someone writing about how they realized the other person that they are no longer with, was the one. it always breaks my heart to read those even though i don't know who the person is.
today i had my own missed connection. i was walking home from one end of the town center (a shopping center) to the other end which is the way out of the center and towards home. on my way out of the center i would have to pass a walmart. a guy exits the store. i only see his back as he is walking in the same direction i am. immediately his style is familiar. the guy i like at work (who left back in the beginning of the summer) has the same style: dark skinny-ish jeans, black shoes, dark t-shirt, and a dark beanie (guy's knit cap). the guy in front of me today is a bit leaner than the guy at work. also a few inches taller. seeing this guy immediately brought back my feelings for the guy at work. back at the town center, this guy keeps walking and then turns the corner where i would be going too. i assume he parked his car there. i stop to take off my jacket to wrap it around my waist before getting to the corner as it was hot. as i turn the corner, he is not in sight. walking out of the town center and heading towards the street corner i see him. he is crossing the street but in a different direction i'll be taking. he enters the coffee bean on that corner. i want to follow him but i have two bags of groceries with me. i head home.
perhaps it is better that i don't know what this guy's face looks like but just seeing the semblance brought back strong feelings. the guy at work i have not seen since he left. i have been hoping that he would come visit the two kids he cared for at work but he hasn't shown up yet.
sometimes i wonder about these kind of happenings. the universe is strange sometimes.
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