Real Strangers Don't Fall

You were a stranger

And we sat alone

At our tables

Outside an empty cafe.

The sky was black

You drank coffee

And I had a rainbow lolly

 

You were a no-one

And I was no-one you knew

Ours eyes met

But there was nothing there

Because strangers

Don’t just fall in love

 

Not real ones anyway

 

You finished your drink

Put the money on the table

Like you didn’t expect anyone

To steal it

 

You obviously weren’t local

Or else you didn’t care

 

The bright candy was sticking

To my cracked lips

And as I looked at you

I was pouting

 

In a movie that would have been enough.

 

But real life’s less exciting

And you were

Too old for me anyway

Your imperfect face

Lining prematurely

 

We were just strangers

Outside a coffee shop

 

 

But the movies made us

An item

 

Guess no-one told them

Real strangers don’t fall