Hello

by Julie Wise

eyes searching
     meeting

we tumble like children
       into each other’s arms

 and in the murmur of
       hello

       I hear

 the countdown to
        goodbye

        * * * * *

Julie Wise is a writer from Ontario, Canada. Publications include articles in MOST magazine and Living Well magazine, a bi-monthly newspaper column on the environment, and several blogs. Her writing focuses on life, loss and the magic in between.  She is currently querying her debut novel.