Strangers

Our life is always going to involve strangers; people unknown to us populate the world.

The worried voice of my mother, always at the back of my head with a well-intentioned advice,

“Never trust strangers.”

She believed that if I needed anything, 'blood will suffice more than water', and that the door of our home is always open.

But since I left home, I always strayed. I unintentionally mingled with those I do not know.

I partied with strangers,

talked to strangers, 

                                                          ate with strangers,

                                                                       fell in love with strangers,

and even fought with strangers.

Strangers were always there for me, and I was always there for them.