The Tube story

"Please stand back as train is approaching"
She boards the train with no expectations.
He is sitting there, him too with no expecations.
A quarter of a second both of their glances meet. A quarter of a second is all it takes.
The air becomes electric.
"The next stop is Baker Street, change here for...."
All the wishful thinking in the world can't change the fact.
Only the faint reminiscence of that boy on the train is the evidence of what have been.
As they will fade, nobody will ever know what could have been.

Have you ever thought of that?