If I look at you long enough
For a second, you seem like a stranger
I am someone else in that second and
you belong to another world
Sometimes I look at you
with no desire or urge
just a feeling of marvel and
not a shred of world’s conditioning
What will be the genealogy of you?
The root and the source
of all that you are in that second
The second you are not mine
Then you look at me the next moment
and everything is familiar back again
Our memories take the place of all my thoughts
The second we belong to each other again
Illustration by Mark Conlan
Smoke words every day. 
21 responses to “[480] Familiar Strangers”
Wow Rahul, this is so divinely powerful. I’ve had this experience happen many times in my life and you describe it so perfectly, beautifully and vulnerably. Your words are always such a comfort to me, thank you for sharing your gift 🙏🏻🖤🤗
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Thank you so much! I’m glad I’m not the only one feeling this way 🙂
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Interesting perspective! I’m glad it happens seldom. I don’t like looking at my loved one and seeing a stranger!
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Haha yes neither would I. Thank you!
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Woww.. So intriguing and relatable.
Precisely unique..
A nice piece indeed…
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Thank you so much!
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This is incredible!! Wow🤍
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Thank you Ishita. Glad you liked it 🙂
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Beautiful expression!The words seem familiar yet bear a stranger appearance.I can well relate.Quite moved 💛
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Thank you Simantini. Glad my words could move you 🙂
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Painful yet so perfectly described !
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Glad you liked it!
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Nice piece of work!😀😀
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Thank you!
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Love you❤️
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Love you the most ❤️
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“…Our memories take the place of all my thoughts…” Love that line, Rahul. Very nice verse.
Art
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Thank you so much!
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Sometimes I feel this way looking at myself in the mirror, then I remind myself I am my own person and not a character in someone else’s story.
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For sure a familiar feeling as well.
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Exactly.
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