Soul Mate

Lovely... someone in mind? Someone we know?

Beautiful. The avoiding rhyme or reason is fun!

a modern day romance. nice.

yours are like words from a dream.

Great Poem

He'll come eventually.. but even our "soul mates" arent perfect. They cant heal everything... we've gotta do alot of the work on ourselves. I have learned that if nothing else in my relationship with the love of my life...

Really finely tuned structure here, with the repetition of "Oh, illusive soul" and the use of carefully arranged alliterative devices in each consecutive stanza. Of course I'm enchanted by the message, and am glad that the poet who delivers it speaks with the authority of one who has seen the darkness but knows light's glory reveals so much more.....

Very nice message . . . though for some reason this saying pops into my head: "Two one-legged people do not make a dancer." Then again, I'm torn between cynicism and hopeless hopefulness.

Amanda,
If anyone deserves a soulmate to be there for you always, help you to heal as you'll also do, it's you.

Gentle Hugs, and If you haven't already found him, may your wait not be long.

I feel the fragmented heart in this plaintive poem looking for the missing fragment/s for a sense of completion and security and love. I have found that by healing my inner wounds, I become more integrated and then attract others who have also done that healing and we make a much finer complement than when I yearned to be fixed or completed. Now it is for the magnificent accents that I love and seek to love others to also complement their earthly voyage. The loneliness in this poem makes me feel such sadness, as I lived in this state for many years and well remember the unanswered plea for someone or something to save me from myself and to distract me from the spiritual work I needed to do. No lover, drug, drink or therapist could fix me and in the loneliness and silence that lingered, I listened for new voices of Spirit within me to guide me on a new path. I took a long vacation from men while I healed and it has reaped benefits beyond compare.

This poem was very thought provoking and passionately and very artfully handled. Thank you for again speaking from the strong heart that beats within you, Amanda.

The soul mate is an ideal and as such is an elusive and dreamy vision.
Yet many people claim to have found a soul mate. I like the last part with its image of sturdy limbs. It speaks of reality, solidarity, and also has the double entendre effect of arms and legs. Good poem, Amanda!

I went crazy with the line about author a letter of love.... The whole poem was beautiful though. Your vocabulary is amazing -- each word is perfectly placed and sounds gorgeous when spoken.

I'm with you on this one Amanda. Hope your wait is not long......Wonderful poem.

Cool

Magnifique!

I feel the longing and the courage to continue to want to be loved and share love, in spite of hard moments in your soul journey.
thank you Amanda
love and light

amanda,
Great poetry from a beautiful soul!

Awesome artistry. Your words speak of a soul searching for healing and love.
My favorite line is - "We'll tread a virgin path" This says so much about starting anew.

More than anyone else, your writing speaks to me. This one gives me hope. There has to be a soulmate out there for me, even though I've been diagnosed bi-polar. I was diagnosed 5 years ago and have been afraid to let anyone in close enough to know about it, even though I'm fine on medication, but you never know when an episode might happen.......omeone HAS to be out there to "mend my scars", make me trust again, and esp. seee that I'm "NOT broken."

Amanda... In love with leading each stanza with a call for the illusive soul mate. Using the word 'illusive' implicitly admits there have been missteps, but still is flavored with a sweet hopefulness for the future. Each call is followed by words infusing her unwavering wishes and dreams for a new virgin path leading out and mingling within new streams of consciousness.

Though the speaker of the poem has been thru scars and madness, she has acquitted herself well. She will continue with courage and not shrink from the crowd. She will put herself out there, and when her soul mate finally finds her, she will not be broken but standing tall on sturdy limbs. Beautifully rendered!!!

Reads almost like a Stephan Foster song. Has a similar nostalgic yearning.