Unrecognizable: A Poem About Someone You Met Once

Introduction

Have you ever met someone for just a second and never forgotten them? This is a Poem about someone you met once and can not forget.

Well, that’s me. I met someone once. Our eyes met. The world stopped. Then it was over. i didn’t made a move or say a word. And now I dream of that person. I think I always will.

I wrote it from a very real place. It is raw, honest, waiting, hoping and trusting the destiny.

The Poem

Someone I met once

I think I have met you
maybe not face to face
maybe on the other side of the world

In my dreams, or my imagination
you seem to hold a piece of me
you look like the person I wish had stayed

Even though your face is unrecognizable
I still think I have met you

Why I wrote a poem about someone I met once

Let me tell you the whole story. It was one look. That’s all. But it changed how I see everything. I let the moment pass. Since then, I wait for fate. I pray to destiny. I ask it to do the work I did not do.

When I travel, I look at every face. New city. New street. I see empty seats in cafés. I see benches near old monuments. And I picture you there. Right next to me. I hope you are looking for me too. In a crowd. In a café. At a monument. I believe in destiny. I believe in fate. Until the universe tells me no, I will wait.

People say a look is only a look. Science says it can matter. In a 2012 study from Purdue University, people who got eye contact from a stranger felt less disconnected than people who were looked past. (Source: Association for Psychological Science) It was a small study. But I don’t need a study to know what I felt.

So I wrote this poem. About a face I can’t see clearly. About a feeling I can’t shake.

If you know this kind of waiting, read Timeless Wait. Or find more poems in Unspoken Ending.

Frequently asked questions

• What is the poem “Unrecognizable” about?
  • It’s about someone you met once and still dream of. It’s about one look, a long wait, and hope that destiny will bring them back.
• Is this poem about a real person?
  • Yes. It comes from a real moment. I met someone once, and I never forgot.
• Why is the face “unrecognizable” if you met them?
  • Time blurs faces. Dreams change them too. What stays is the feeling of that one look. The feeling matters more than the face.
• Why didn’t you talk to them?
  • I wish I had a clear answer. I did not make a move. I let the moment pass. Now I leave it to fate.
• Can you really feel this much for someone you met only once?
  • Yes. One moment can leave a deep mark. It may be love. It may be the idea of the person. Only time tells. The feeling is real either way.
• Do you really believe in destiny? Will you wait forever?
  • I believe in destiny. Until the universe tells me no, I will wait. That is my choice. Other people might reach out instead. Both are okay.
    

Have you ever met someone once and never forgotten them? Maybe it was one look. Maybe it was one second. And now you still wonder. Tell me your story in the comments. You are not the only one who waits.