A Known Stranger – Gaurav S Kaintura

 

A Known Stranger

You act as a stranger
But you are not.

You show up
As a hater
But you are not.

I know love-bubbles are
Welling up your inside
You want to express them
But you are not.

I know you from
The eternal time;
I am the poet
You are my rhyme.
I want to make you
My love-bride,
I am waiting for you
But you are not.

Written on a return trip to my home in a bus, sitting beside a known stranger (Dated 31 Dec 2016)

Gaurav S Kaintura