If I Never ...

If I never knew you You, who saw right through to me I’d never know my own heart And how precious life can be If I never saw you And saw you staring back at me I’d be safe but never whole Without the missing part of me If I’d never held you Felt you breathing life from me Filling me with all you are I’d never have known ecstasy If I’d never touched you Tasted passion in your kiss Swam the lakes of fire to find You, the mirror of my darkness If I never loved you Left fear behind to let go I’d never know the danger Of giving heart and soul If I never knew you In this world of fear and lies I’d have missed the clarity The truth I saw in your eyes If I never knew you There would be no pain Of love and loss and suffering Fires begging for the rain And if I never knew you, love Walked the path of all that’s right I’d never know the real me So in my heart, I know we were right.

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love how this came full circle. nice flow, so easy to read that it hid how good it actually is. so i read it again just to make sure. yep, it's good alright.

faith, hope and love, tristan
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[S. Mclin]

This is completely unintentional, but this poem really meant a lot to me. The "no regrets" message that the poem delivers, as pointed out by David Alan Hale, really spoke to me. I loved this line:
"Swam the lakes of fire to find
You, the mirror of my darkness "
For me, it really spoke about the pain that love causes, sometimes because it reveals us in difficult ways. Really great!

[David Alan Hale]

Yes, no regrets. The sadness of living far outweighs the emptiness of failing to do so. "You, the mirror of my darkness" that's the one that hooked me fully; impressive.

[Barbara G, Emerging Sou..]

I really enjoyed this. I could follow it in parallels to my own personal experience up until the end (the loss and suffering part...) that made this really speak to me.