STRANGERS IN THE LIGHT

When you look into a strangers eyes 

explore beneath the mask, the disguise

Curtained by wishes strung on a line

Fluttering above the glittering shrine

It’s no surprise, the constriction within

Evolving silly grin, caught in an eternal spin

The room revolving, earth swallowing

Until head is rooted by identical twin

Turning on and off a magnetic switch

Fuelling blush and the tremulous twitch

Of quivering lip captured forever

Between snippets of conversation clever

When looked upon by a strangers eyes

That penetrates like an ocean sunrise

Sparking intrigue hidden inside secret bliss

Unspoken words swirl in the mist

That stay and bloom in lyrical prose

Branching, expanding, a wild rose

Hiding quiet charm within its blossom

Unexplored beneath the fount of wisdom

The fire of companionship exciting

Sailing on the memory of orbis striking

Aflame like a torch of freedom at midnight

That perpetuates even when out of sight

Stepping from the tried and tested 

for that sparkle, the flicker in eyes that glitter

Strange is the connection drawn from a glance

That strangers give when they meet by chance