Touch Barrier - Edit 1

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Pretending to read a book
at the small round table by the window
overlooking the park, a bell jingles
as she opens the door and eyes
about the room.

You linger on the book before meeting her gaze,   I wonder about the lingering on the book.  You'd be searching for her just as she searches for you, wouldn't you?  Maybe "I close the book...."
rising with a grin and joining her in line
quipping grey about the weather.       my favorite line

The mumbled it’s nice to meet yous    you's (?)
and coffee orders happen outside yourself.         I get the meaning, but feel like there might be a more accurate way to say it

At the table, you talk about the cat
in one of the pictures on her profile,
a black foster named Fox
who loves tuna but won’t touch salmon.

She says she likes music with simple melodies,
something that gets buried in the ear                "buried in the ear" in more interesting than "buried in your mind", but the latter seems more accurate
and rises every few months to be hummed.

She’s wearing a green cardigan
with a modestly revealing white top underneath,
and her brown eyes lock with yours.                    contact is made, barriers begin to fall

When the drinks are finished,      The drinks done, you rise together.
you stroll down the trail in the park   new sentence here
stopping to sit at a bench by the pond.

Hi Wjames,

This is a clearly visualized encounter, an excellent account of a first physical connection between two humans.  I am a little confused by the title.  I don't really see any barriers here.  The poem is wholly optimistic, making it very enjoyable to experience.  I really like the simple and hopeful ending that leaves the reader wondering what will happen next.  I wish it was happening to me 

TqB