Soul Mates

So many lifetimes come and go between ill spent youth and the grave Hopes and dreams of generations Are the memories we all save

 

How many times have I met you

in the strangers that passed me by

Were you the one that touched my coat

the friend that once kissed me goodbye

 

How often have we stood in line

just to watch loved ones go to war

Then brushed away the tears of hope

as they ran off to join the Corps

 

Were you the one whose heart had ached

when my ship drifted out to sea

The foundered soul whose anchor broke

the one whose dreams had yearned for me

 

Are we destined to always be

just passing strangers in the night

Whose ebbing flowing tides of love

never met when the time was right

 

So many lifetimes come and go

between ill spent youth and the grave

Hopes and dreams of generations

hold the memories we all crave

 

Perhaps I'm just the little child

with a heart that once broke in two

Who walks the well-worn streets of old

searching for memories of you

 

Author's Note

Don't we all wonder if another is the one for whom we were meant?
How many lifetimes must we pass by before our soul finds it's hearts desire?
This was for the green eyes cased in Honey Hue, that I once knew.
May she find this dream to be her own .

Reviews

[Shelly Braen]

This piece simply makes me swoon in the ideals of such times. This is by far, one of my favorites. Tate, you have donr it again, made me simply have to stop and stare at the beautiful scene you have laid out here. "Are we destined to always be,
just passing strangers in the night" Even for a moment to pass by one so precious, it would be worth a lifetime. I can nearly hear the brass band in the distance.

[Amortentia03]

I love both the message and the style of this poem. I find it refreshing to not read a poem about finding or losing your soul mate, but about all of the possibilities we might be missing. There are a few places that seem to have spelling mishaps and areas where a little bit of punctuation might add a little to the flow of the poem, but overall I found it beautiful and intriguing.

[Selina Barrett]

Beautiful poem :) Thanks for submitting!

[MissWordSmith]

beautiful....really really beautiful...

[Tommy]

Truly a great write!

RLG,
Tommy

[Helen Crutchett]

Oh yes....I'm crying buckets. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful....thats all I can manage to say. ~ Helena ~

[la Abeja]

Love it, Love it, Love it!!! The last stanza is my favorite. It seems as though we are always searching, hoping for memories we've not lived.

[little lily Bride of Ch..]

that happened when i met my Husband. but i know where your coming from. nice piece

[kayla garcia]

yea it make you think hugh

[Frantzuu]

This is a great piece, makes you wonder.

[Gary McDonald]

Oh, Tate, this really spoke to me. I do think we all wonder this, maybe someone right in front of us is the one we were meant for. Perhaps it is better not to question it, just let fate do its thing and hope we end up in the right person's arms. It goes without saying that this was incredible writing!