Leap of Faith
***As most of my writings go, this was once again inspired by a song that has been familiar to me since I was a kid, but somehow struck me anew this time around. In case you're interested it's "It Might Be You" by Patti Austin. :)
The electronic voice amplified through the speakers announced the hour - it's eight on a Monday morning - and people were rushing on their way to work, the station was filling up with passengers waiting for the next train. But in all of these bustle and hustle going on, a man and a woman were silently standing on the platform, their hands clasped together as the train screeched into a halt. The doors opened and people started to rush in, bumping against the couple who stood still on their place on front of the door, making some of the other passengers curse at them as they pass by. They didn't move or so it seemed, unless one would watch them closely and notice the slight movements made by their hands, making you realize that they gripped each other's tighter, as if they never wanted to let go.
The buzzer lit up and as the doors began to close, the woman suddenly moved with seemingly inhumane speed and turned around to plant a soft kiss on the man's cheek, as she whispered words that only he could hear. Giving his hand one final squeeze, she stepped into the train and she let go of his hand as the doors closed on her back. She did not turn around, not even until the train already left the station. For if she did, she would've seen the man look up into the sky with a sad smile across his lips, silently mouthing the same words that she whispered to him just a while ago.
The man took the next train and as he left, the life on the train station remained the same. People rushing, children crying, buskers playing, pickpockets picking, everything's the same as it was before. But not with the two strangers who met there not more than twenty four hours ago, as their paths crossed either by fate or chance or accident, or even magic, or whatever you'd want to call it; because one thing's for sure, they were changed forever when each decided to take that leap of faith - together with a perfect stranger. The question now would probably be "Was it worth it?"
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