And I know I've just begun, // all the pain has passed and there is peace

We kissed.

The notes of the Irish band swirling through the plaza into the Florida night and green beer sliding us across the sidewalk.

A casual glance. A touch. The shouts and claps and music surrounding us in circle as two held tight and flew apart and collapsed and rose in dance.

Hands grasping faces.

Pulling each other into the calm moonlight. It was our moment, before our paths led us away across different futures to the same finish. Our flames joined here.

We laughed.
We smiled into eyes that would forever remain as much passion as mystery.

We kissed.