Mmeso Inspires: In Love with a Stranger

It was just a stare…

But it conveyed a million words,

Even after ten years,

I could still remember his deep blue eyes,

The exact spot he stood,

With a cup of ice cream,

Probably to quench the thirst,

Exacerbated by the afternoon sun.

I knew he was not living close by,

Because his face was not familiar,

Notwithstanding,

His face had registered in my mind and tender heart,

And I kept asking myself who he was,

I was sure he felt the same way I felt just with that glance,

Because when I crossed over to the other side of the road,

I noticed that he was still looking at me.

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Few days after,

I passed the same route praying to see him,

I passed again and again,

But I didn’t see him,

I wondered what happened that very day,

Probably it could be love at first sight for both of us,

Whatever it was,

I was sure he is in deep thought just like me.

But I have to be sure.

Years later,

I couldn’t forget him,

Maybe he has forgotten me,

If not,

He would have returned to the same spot where he saw me,

With the hope of finding me,

Maybe he has found another woman,

He might be a womanizer after all,

And never thought of me the same way I did,

What If Nelly was correct when she said that I was silly ,

For falling in love with a thirsty stranger.