Two Strangers

They've become strangers

Not strangers really. 

But when they meet in public,

They pretend they never met before. 

They stutter, they sweat, 

They shift in their seats,

Escape to a different room,

Or gaze at the ceiling above. 

One tries to deny the presence of the other.

While she carefully turns her face,

He quietly lowers his head -

They see each other, and yet they cannot. 

Two partners can become strangers,

For love is a strange thing. 

It can make two enemies friends

And two friends strangers for life. 

It's a strange feeling to act like a stranger

With someone who was once your world. 

You lived, laughed and cried together,

But one day, you're left with nothing -

Only some awkward feelings for one another. 

© Wara Karim