{"id":3059,"date":"2010-08-12T08:07:28","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T13:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/?p=3059"},"modified":"2010-08-13T07:54:43","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T12:54:43","slug":"the-stranger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/12\/the-stranger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stranger"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Stanger<\/h3>\n

Our eyes caught each other while I write things down<\/p>\n

I looked for an expression, a smile, surprise or frown<\/p>\n

Even Though I fight it I’m forced to stare again<\/p>\n

I really didn’t want to, it wasn’t part of my plan<\/p>\n

Again I end up staring, continuing the search for my prize<\/p>\n

What could I be searching for deep in her eyes?<\/p>\n

For some reason I want to get to know this girl<\/p>\n

I hope she notices my stare, comes over and introduces me to her world<\/p>\n

I wonder what she’s like, mean, nice or just really shy?<\/p>\n

All I can do is sit here writing about her hoping that I catch her eye<\/p>\n

It’s weird to want to know this girl without romantic intent<\/p>\n

It’s very confusing, perplexing, and paradoxical. \u00a0I wish I knew what it meant<\/p>\n

I’ve seen this girl many times but only this time up close<\/p>\n

But this time, of all her features, I notice her eyes the most<\/p>\n

The more I watch the more I learn, the more I learn the more I write<\/p>\n

And the cycle repeats, my writing, my thoughts and my glances on a\u00a0round trip\u00a0flight<\/p>\n

Just about a full page written about this stranger<\/p>\n

And I feel nothing for this girl no pain, happiness, or anger<\/p>\n

I look a little closer and notice her addictive smile<\/p>\n

It feels like I’m writing a paper, a report to file<\/p>\n

I check my phone and notices that I’ve been writing for about an hour’s time<\/p>\n

This\u00a0is too much like stalking so this is the last rhyme<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Stanger Our eyes caught each other while I write things down I looked for an expression, a smile, surprise or frown Even Though I fight it I’m forced to stare again I really didn’t want to, it wasn’t part of my plan Again I end up staring, continuing the search for my prize What […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[338,339,340],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-of-benji","category-poems","category-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ocbenji.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}