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.

[Celeste21]

This is fantastic. It dares you to dream about what loves could pass you in the street, or in some other equally random place.

"The foundered soul whose anchor broke

the one whose dreams had yearned for me

Ebbing flowing tides sounds" aesthetic quality..

[?]

Yes, sometimes I have wondered that very thing. This was lovely. I really enjoyed this one alot.
I can relate to this one so very much.

I really like the last 2 stanzas, another perfect ending. Awesome

[LoveAndDreams]

This is absolutely lovely! I fell in love with that first stanza straight away, lovely!

[Deviant Works]

Oh my! I am such a dreamer and this has me floating around on cloud nine. You see, this poem is all me. All day, everyday. Where are you, my darling? Have I met you already, just in passing perhaps? Have we kissed under the stars like every destined lover should? Shall we meet again or for the first time? Must it feel like I have to wait forever for that one, completing touch? Ahh, yes. The written words of a romantic soul, Tate. I was bobbing to the music, just captivated by the dream that I pray comes true in my lifetime. I will never stop hoping.

[Linear]

Excellent poetry, well written story with questions that we all ask at a point in our lives, we all search dont we? we all look for that special someone. 8points

[justice]

Simply fantastic. Like so many of your other writes, this is full of personal narative that pulls at the heartstrings of the reader. I love the flow and the word choices. I thought that I was not a fan of the rhyming poems. You have made me rethink that position. haha. Thank you for sharing this on here.
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[Shante Payne]

Wow...this just puts it all in perspective. Thank you for sharing.

[Jasmine]

i have no other words to say other than WOW.

[Dorothy Wells]

Beautiful. Gave me goosebumps.

[JanieB]

What a beautiful poem. Thought provoking too.