I Did Not Even Know Your Name Poem by Daleen Enslinstrydom

We were destined to meet
and I had loved you before we met
as if it was written in the stars
long before time had existed
but then I did not know your name.

I had lost my way coming back from a wedding
and it was late.
You were worried when I got to your house,
the gate flung open
and anxiously you stood there,
you looked so concerned
but I could not see your face
as it was dark and late.

I tried to explain but could not find the words,
you stood so near to me that I smelled you
and for the first time in my life
I was lost for words.

It was as if I had met you before,
my heart stopped a beat
and you were talking about poetry
and I was trying to understand
but was far too tired to comprehend.

We had to part and I did even forget
to ask your name
and you went to bed with me that night
in my head and in my thoughts
and I could not get you out of my mind.

I kept recalling your voice,
you had captured me,
you haunted my nights and lived in my days
but still I did not even know your name.