BE A PAIR FOR  A DAY

Let us be a pair - for a day -  
To see: if our hearts beat same way;  
If sense of chemistry I feel  
Is based on something that is real;  
If you're beautiful as you look  
In the online pics others took.  
Sharing one-to-one company,  
Just a fun time in the journey  
Of what life's taken us so far -  
A ride in a bus, train or car;  
Sharing a meal somewhere discreet  
Where, undisturbed, we talk and eat;  
Walking out, be it rain or sun,  
Or some more energetic fun.  
Let's see if the reality  
Is more than just a novelty,  
Of distance lending enchantment  
That's oft felt like enamourment;  
I've so enjoyed hearing from you,  
I pinch myself, ask, "Is this true?  
Is there some underlying plan  
Drawing the woman to this man?"  
When so much younger than today  
Relationships the online way  
Were science fiction pie-in-sky;  
Would I find one before I die?  
But here I am in the present,  
You, in separate continent,  
Sharing warm, funny, online talk  
With the ease of a country walk.  
You say you're coming to England;  
I pray here you will safely land.  
It would be nice to have the chance  
To meet, to probe "is this romance?"  
To see if you and I do "click"  
Before we ever go public,
That mystic sense of connection
Justifying our hearts' selection.......  
Or just finish - no feelings hard -  
If it all falls down, flat as card,  
And face-to-face reality  
Says, "There's no future You And Me".  
(It is much kinder to thus part,  
Than walk round with deluded heart,  
To free ourselves to meet others  
Who may become future lovers.)