In Love With a Stranger

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Written by: Shequila Knighten

You fill me up

with empty promises,

Kiss me deeply with your lies,

you hold me with a

stranger’s arms

While looking me in the eyes

with a blind man’s vision,

Tell me you love me,

then mentally

you disappear for days,

Come back

and we

repeat the cycle.

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Shequila Knighten is a recovering shy African American woman from Florida. She is a writer and poet, a lover not a fighter. Enjoys reading all genres of writings. She loves traveling and plans to travel the world with her three children one day.