'Known- Stranger' Poem by Lizelle 'Leasel' Martins

We never spoke
No exchange of 'hello, bye’
But yet I feel that I knew you
The first time I saw you
You were different
I was different...

And then one night
We met again
You looked at me
No words, just a gaze
No matter where I went
Your eyes always followed me

That was our role- play that night
A performance with no words
Just our eyes watching
And our hearts having a silent dialogue

Than one fatal day
You left...left this earth
I felt all broken inside
My little world crushed
My heart needed you
I needed you

But for some weird reason
I know you will always be around
I feel you every day with me
And when thoughts of you surround me
It always takes me back
Back to the night...
My heart met this familiar stranger


(c) Leasel Martins 2010