Enchanted

Kind eyes looking at me

as if I’m the most precious thing in the world

A charming smile

that makes me forget

all the bad days I have had

A face with an earnest expression

haunting my dreams

So I struggle to stay awake

then it haunts

my every waking moment

A deep rich voice

with a hint of whiskey

making me me spell-bound

every time I hear it

So I avoid listening to it

But now I can hear it

even in the rustling of leaves

and in the deadly silence of night

it soothes me and lull me to oblivion

A stranger with no name

who appears and disappears

at his own whim

As predictable as a stormy sea

dangerous as an unexplored wilderness

He has captured my heart with

unspoken promises of

adventures and life

© Vindhya Colombage