Once a stranger..

Once a stranger called me beautiful. 

I felt like a puppy who had experienced sand 

For the first time on the beach

Like a kitten who's discovered sunbath, 

From the video, I watched at 4 am 

The night before my final exams. 

No tears bleeding down my eyes but

Sorrow haunting inside of my chest. 

It felt like a gush of wind had blown away my hair

Moist grass under my bare feet. 

It sounded like temple bells and 

Smelled like sandalwood incense sticks. 

I'd say that I felt butterflies but 

All I felt was an urge to cry. 

I felt like a lost child 

Who's finally found his mother. 

I felt like Cinderella 

When the glass shoe fitted her. 

I felt like a lot of people and yet

I felt so different from the rest of them

I felt like being alive for the first time

When a stranger called me beautiful.