I like the feeling you’re causing in me!

By Stanley Collymore

 

A bright sunny day; 11.42 in the morning. In the square opposite

the Ahla Centre and fronting the lengthy promenade a small

crowd consisting mainly of young people seemingly

content, as any group of people could be, mill

around, while on both roads that run along

the perimeter of this oasis of tranquillity ongoing

traffic: some heading townwards others just as

decidedly away from the city centre add

their lulling contribution to that of the

neighbouring Mediterranean Sea,

creating among themselves a

cacophony of sounds that

rather surprisingly aren’t

discordant to the ear.

 

I sit quietly and observe not just the

panoramic view but also, and just as importantly,

the quite interesting diversity of life portrayed within its

boundaries, and I think constantly of you. This is your country;

the place where you were born, nurtured and obviously belong. I am

the stranger; but when I’m with you those otherwise glaringly cultured

differences instantaneously melt away into a compellingly strong

bond of physical and emotional chemistry between us, which

absolutely convinces me that I’m falling in love with

you; and that’s a truly wonderful feeling to have.

 

© Stanley V. Collymore

29 January 2011.

 

 

Footnote:

Love is often an unsurprising and even an uninvited guest at many a social engagement but as it usually poses no premeditated problems for the host concerned or those it specifically chooses to concentrate its attention on is almost invariably given a warm and even at times an effusive welcome.