Two seconds

I meet alot of people in my line of work

Which basically means I give out loads of visiting cards and shake hands alot

Over the years I've learnt the art of shaking hands properly

A nice tight grasp

Not for too long and not too short either

No over-done up down movements

Eye contact

Its pretty much boiled down to perfection

But yesterday I got caught off guard

This gentleman came up to me and shook my hand to say good bye

And I suddenly felt like his green eyes were staring right down into my soul

Those 2 seconds felt like a lifetime

And it felt like there was no one else around

Like I was in some other dimension of sorts

And I haven't been able to get it out of my mind

I've heard of being stuck in a lip-lock but this was like an eye-lock of sorts

And even after writing this, I still can't get those two seconds out of my mind