Unknowing Hero

One day,
you changed a friend
forever, for better.
He cannot forget;
you cannot remember.
Another day,
a passerby found treasure in your soul,
changed you,
did not stop,
nor leave a name,
but left a link of soft-fibred steel
from your heart
to a pulse in the unknown.

Unknowing Hero

Bob Komives

For her,
it was another moment,
a few words
among many she cannot recall.
For him,
it was the great event that changed his life
--more strongly binding him to her
than mutual love they know to share.

A great bond is often lonely.
It connects at depth we cannot describe,
so we seldom try.
It attaches to debt we cannot repay,
but we often try.

Unknowing hero,
I know these to be true:
great bonds are too often lonely,
and one such bond binds me to you.

Bob Komives :: Fort Collins © 1998 :: Unknowing Hero :: ,9821