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.

[Tina Kline]

A very well written poem about love and longing. This is fantastic!

[Delightful Writer]

That was beautiful :) thanks for sharing

[Katie Louise Hughes]

This has a nice meaning, and is thoughtful and sweet! :)
Great job!! :)

[Tai Chi Italy]

A beautifully haunting lament on eternal loving Tate.

I believe
what is meant,
will not pass us by.

Smiling at you

Tai

[G. Marie"floating on an..]

wow this is my kind of poem I love the nostalgic feeling here. but then I am a hopeless romantic. I can relate to this. the images remind me of my mom and dads days of youth makes me want to cry!!!! love this one my friend

[LonelySoul]

when we find a person we just canot live without,we love them and their faults,for who they are and that is who we were meant to spend eternity with...