WINGS OF A STRANGER

 

 

 

 

She grows wings of a stranger

She unmistakably takes on wings of stranger

And she very readily mounts on wings of a stranger

She surprises and frustrates by her words or actions, her wings to master

She has no fixed loyalty to anyone; she’s but a cautiously disappointing drifter

She has no regrets keeping her promises as much as taking on voyager wings

No matter what good someone does for her, auto is her wing-flight mode

Married or not, needs no expert, then, now or ever, her wings really to prod

A man can love a woman but not completely know or understand her swings!

 ©Mwango Lupupa 022020

 
‘Wings of stranger’ depicts a character, particularly female, that disappoints or surprises you by their words or actions, by which you wonder if you know them at all! It’s a description of someone who does or says something undesirable that completely catches you unawares such that it makes you ask where it came from. Someone is held or said to take on, have or develop ‘wings of a stranger’ when they say or do something that frustrates or somehow pieces you off and makes you feel like they have become distant or as if they are a stranger momentarily. In my mother tongue, we say “amena amapipiko”, which is literally translated “he/she has grown wings”. You believe you know someone well? Think again!