Imperfect Lives

30 poems in 30 days challenge! Day 21

She didn't know his language
He spoke very little
She was bald, lost her hair in chemo
He was almost broke
She didn't care too much for late night TV
He was nocturnal
She painted like a dream
He sang hoarse
She shop lifted
He gambled

They met under the mistletoe on Christmas Eve
At the Bounce-O-Rama Singles Holiday Mixer
Two strangers
With straggling lives
Just about getting by each day
The crowd cheered on
They were forced to kiss
He gestured dinner, she agreed
They conversed in signs and laughter
Laughing and signing their sorry lives away
Something unexplainable happened that night

She sold three paintings the next week
He won the lottery
A gallery agreed to feature her work
He smartly invested his win
Her mother asked, what happened?
His friends couldn't believe it
In five years she became a local celebrity
In three he became a millionaire
She moved to Paris
He stayed in New York

But they never forgot that magical night
When unbeknown to them
Each imperfect life
Wove the other's into perfection.