What Is It About You?

You,
I don't know what it is
About you
I don't know what it is,
About you.

I'd say to him.
He wasn't the kind
Of man, I'd usually get
Attracted to
He was plain
His height, average

He wasn't the kind
His skin,
Different.
His voice,
He sounded normal
So normal

Usually,
I wouldn't look at
Such a man twice.
His words,
I liked those with sweet words
He was plain
Didn't speak much
Didn't say the right things
Even when he spoke
He wrote to me,
Constantly.
He tried.
But he struggled.
Or I made it seem so

I didn't say much
But when I did,
He liked my words
I didn't reply sometimes,
I didn't know what to say.

But you,
You are different
I wonder
What it is,
About you.

His style,
Boring
His shoes,
Basic
Oh, how I liked
A man with good taste
Especially shoes
You,
I wonder,
What it is
About you.

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Gloria Nyagaka is Kenyan and just completed her Master’s degree in Energy and Environmental Engineering.

She has been a writer for six years now. Her manuscript is the biggest project she’s ever done, a modern romantic thriller, is in the hands of her literary agent. It is a book that expresses great female characters and the strength of a woman at large. She mostly campaigns against women's violence and for freedom for women to choose. She also focuses on how great women have changed the world, Michelle Obama, Serena Williams, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and others. She is a swimmer, a swim coach, a Taekwondoka, a hockey player, and a dancer.