Strangers meet on the street. Do they have a future together? Time will tell.           

 

They seem as different as night and day. However, two hearts blend and they ask . . .

 

 

“Were We Meant To Be?”

 

I’m unsure how to tell you this.

It’s something important you can’t dismiss.

 

I’m having a hard time getting it out.

I’ve got to do it; you need to know what it’s all about.

 

Please give me a chance to say my piece.

No, don’t reach for the phone to call the police.

 

He didn’t listen and tried to grab the phone off the table stand.

I didn’t know what to do to make him understand.

 

The look on his face frightened me.

But I knew I had to try my best to make him see.

 

My body shook in a way it had never done before.

I began to remove my clothing and each piece dropped to the floor.

 

I understood what he saw was hard to believe,

But it was the only way, my life I could retrieve.

 

He appeared to be shocked and full of grief.

However, now knowing the real me should be a great relief.

 

Coming from outer space many years ago,

I transformed myself in a way no one would know.

 

Then a beautiful creature, an earthling who blended in,

I met him on the street one day and made his head spin.

 

But as the years passed, I tired of playing the game,

And began to live in a reality of shame.

 

I loved him with all my heart,

But knew becoming his forever mate wouldn’t be smart.

 

Staring at me, his eyes bulged out and his jaw dropped down.

My hair became bright blue, my skin turned red, and my lips were brown.

 

My ears grew to two feet long and my nose became a black dot on a small ball.

With arms, now more like butterfly wings, I stood over seven feet tall.

 

I knew it was the right time to go and travel back to my home in space.

I’d accomplished all I’d set out to do and needed to return to my birthplace.

 

As I thought about the journey I’d take, my mind drifted away.

But then the unbelievable happened and I didn’t know what to say.

 

The earth creature of my dreams began to look more and more like me.

He winked and said, “My darling, I am you and you are me, together we were meant to be.”

 

 

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