No five paces have ever seemed so long as the one taken while looking at her. For the 5 seconds that i see her walk towards and pass me, a century might as well have passed. One look in her face aroused the tribal drums of my soul and made my heels feel like jelly. A recognition of complete novelty. How could i fall in love in 5 paces? like Corleone and Appolonia, a thunderbolt struck hard in my heart on ly to leave me flailing as she passed. a faint sent of flowers and oils left in my nostrils as i turn to see her walk away. away from me for ever. she could have been it. how cruel.