An Ode to My Beloved Stranger
Eve Messervy
Dear friend, you found me once again.
You feel like an embrace
A heavy coating on my being, you taste
So familiar
I wrap my arms around you dear friend,
You burn and flicker everything in my very essence
You linger, and find me, you know me
Oh you know me so well
The contours of my neck,
Every cell
And my eyes, you always loved my eyes
Where we’d meet every time;
Where I’d plead you leave me be
Lose me.
You had me swimming through glue
Oh dear friend,
If you love me, become a stranger,
A beloved stranger.
Paint for me, fill my pages, lace me into you
Let us bleed.
And that’s when you smirked at me,
Wiped my cheeks,
“They only go hand in hand my dear”
Until we meet again.