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!
