My Santiago

A Moment in Time – No More, No Less

I waved good bye to my one night girl, As the train pulled reluctantly (it seemed to me), out of Adelaide Central.

I was never to see her again, Yet hoping I was wrong.

I wasn’t!

We had been close For one night; Those few precious hours, that stretched out, Yet flashed by.

From our first tentative meeting On the discotheque dance floor in North Adelaide, To easy relaxed conversation, Mutual attraction made stronger by the reality that this was the one night, The only night we had, Would ever have!

That night, We seemed to stretch then shrink time,

All the world’s Time And yet too short.

We walked late into the night, Hand in hand, Through the Botanic gardens In Adelaide. All alone, Just the two of us, And we cut off imaginary bridges from beckoning reality, Wishing we could be stuck here, Forever.

But she had commitments,