Beautiful stranger

Haven’t I shouldered your pain?

Haven’t I been your rock?

Haven’t I shown you, who I am?

Haven’t I agreed to this poisoned-chalice deadlock?

Haven’t I been a toothless old woman?

Chewing the goose fat; for your love, my darling…

 

Haven’t I scored an “A in chemistry?”

Haven’t I worshiped you?

Haven’t I shown you, who I am?

Haven’t I drowned like a honeypot bee?

Haven’t I fallen like a star fruit endlessly?

…Into the pantry of your soul.

 

Haven’t I mellowed like a good wine?

Haven’t I filled your cup with love? (Endlessly)

Haven’t I drank the smoothness of your neckline

Haven’t I shown you, who I am?

Each moon lit night…

Each moon lit night.

 

Oh beautiful stranger - don’t you remember

That you; are mine…

Oh beautiful stranger - don’t you remember

These tears in the ocean belonged to me…

Oh changing tide, oh blue desert flower

Oh your mouth is a well of thirst…

Oh beautiful stranger - don’t you remember me…

 

Oh north - east - south or west:

Wherever your shadow rests…

Haven’t I shown you, who I am?

Surly there’s not a better temptress than me to undress.

 

Haven’t I worshiped you?

Haven’t I shown you, who I am?

Haven’t I drowned like a honeypot bee?

Haven’t I fallen like a star fruit endlessly?

…Into the pantry of your soul.

 

Haven’t I clocked-up all your sun and rainy days?

Haven’t I dispersed all your grey clouds?

Haven’t I laughed at all your clichés?

Haven’t I shown you, who I am?

 

Beautiful stranger - don’t you remember me…

Beautiful stranger - don’t you remember me…

 

Reviews

[Sami Khalil]

I like the questions and the repetition in this wonderful write...Thank you for penning...:)

[Dhaye]

Wow! Nice lyrical, Mark. I like the flow of words.

Haha! You will never know the answer because you're total strangers. LOL. No offense. Sometimes it really happens...to you...to me...and to anybody- to fall in love with a beautiful stranger. Isn't it ironic that the more we keep the feelings inside of us and bear the pain, the more it grows?

Nice piece, Mark. You have a good style of writing. Keep it up.