There were two lovers, star-crossed bound
Born in the same century, at the same hour
But years apart
Soul mates, if such a thing exists.
They grew up searching for one another
In strangers' eyes and strangers' hearts
Feeling the longing and needing of the other
But never meeting nor given that divine appointment.
They became poets and writers of thought
Expressing themselves
The only way they knew how
And yet in expression, became all the more lonely.
And years of life went by on different continents
Speaking with different tongues
Living two different lives
Full and yet void of true satisfaction.
The boy and girl, the woman and man
At the end of themselves one bright shining day
Crossed each other's paths
And saw in the other the treasure hard sought.
But alas, the joy was all too brief
And the anguish came and washed it away
Not comprehending, not understanding
That there could not be what they wanted to be.
There could not be
Because their paths had both reached a crossroad
And one went to the left and one to the right
And would never join again.
You see, one of them loved the darkness
And one of them loved the light
The choices all souls born to this realm
Have to make before their journey ends.
The Book of Truth says that no man can serve two masters
For he will love the one and hate the other
And that light can have no fellowship with darkness
Because none can walk together unless they be agreed.
And so that is where the lovers found themselves
Two sides of the same coin, as it were
With only a thin layer, a thin veil between them
So very near and yet so far away.
Constantly reaching and ever repulsing
Pulling toward and pushing away
They could not find a common ground
And so lived life with souls asunder.
For one would write of darkness
But to reveal it, expose it and curse it
And the other would write of the same
But to revel in it, glorify it and bless it.
And that would sever their bonds forever
The soulmates born to complete one another
Unless one fell down to darkness
Or one rose up to light.
©by Voo Shining Stone
3/1/22
for TAM
