It started when I met you,
I stopped in my tracks,
you are the voice
I heard all my life,
the one that guided me,
comforted me, was there
for me, when all the
flesh and blood around me
ignored me, and treated me
as if I were a ghost,
and now here you were,
in flesh and blood.
I stopped in my tracks
and stared, everything
I had imagined, every-
thing imagination tells
you what love is: all
the comfort I craved,
all the comfort you gave,
and now I see you.
You smile, we both
intuitively know.
Society can tear us
apart like unfortunate
hollocaust victims,
but it can do nothing
to sever bonds.
You were never a ghost,
nor my imagination,
you were real, the bond
was real; a bond that
reality smothers out
into the vapor of
existence, but does
not die.
You filled the room,
you filled my dreams,
warning and exhorting,
telling me not to worry,
it would turn out okay.
Taking me on
fantastic flights,
shining brilliant light,
into the dark corner
of my existence,
everywhere I turn,
when I'm most afraid,
you stand beside me,
and walk along with me,
strengthening me,
giving me courage
and strength, and
wisdom in real life.
Because of you,
I know what to do,
and I have been able
to handle all the evil
society ignores,
all the oppression,
society denies,
the reality victims
are not allowed to
talk about,
the realities most
don't make it through.
Thank you for being there,
my guardian angel,
my soul companion,
my one true friend.
Author notes
Of all the poems I have written this tops as one of my most healing.
The Bible and life interprets this experience in many different ways. All I know is this is MY experience. How I personally should interpret it, I do not know. How I did intrepret it, is in this poem.
1) Isaiah speaks of a hungry man dreaming of food and having his fill, but then waking up still hungry. When you dream and experience soul things, it seems to be on a parnormal level of reality- you don't so easily deny the 'fill' - instead you absorb it and believe you have been filled, and it seems to lead to material fuflfillment (real changes in your personality, confidence, joy, inner peace)- but is this experience real, or simply vain conceit?
2) Can two people really be torn apart by society's wars, exiled from one another, and yet the bond remain, and you remember each other long after the memories have been suppressed?
3) Or is it a guardian angel- the Bible says angels can be in human form,
4) or your own brain fooling you- a defense mechanism?
5) Astral projection of a real person, there to protect you at that moment. I will admit I like this option the best, not that their is any evidence of it but because it keeps your faith in humanity and in the goodness of humanity- that when evil and irrationalism keeps all goodness from existing in this world, the good people still find a way to reach out and extend it.
6) someone from a past life you shared experiences with
7) psychosis - I guess this is what those in control of society would most likely say- except for one small detail that they will just close their eyes to: this experience gave me the courage to get back up in life when I had been totally defeated- not just when I felt totally defeated- but at a time when I was so weak physically and depressed that I honestly could not go on. This experience helped me get over life long fears, and helped me to face the real world. Because of this experience I had the courage to get an excellent job that led to a promotion which I have been in now for 2 and 1/2 years, and brought peace and harmony to my family. This poem is partly written in hindsite, partly written in the moment- because I had always since I was a child sensed someone beside me, but I never defined it as that or was even aware of this feeling until I actually met this stranger when I was 30 years old and I locked eyes with him, was instantly flooded with all kinds of emotion and said 'omg aha- so that's what I was feeling all my life (subconsciously) - that is why I was able to get through all the torture I was forced to go through.
Will the mystery ever be known?
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Comments
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I read this before, Duana ...
but it simply stays an amazing write, reflective of the deep soul you are ...
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Good poem.
Well composed poem. Enjoyed.
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awesome poem!
good points on your poem and love how you use it to question one's imagination.
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Hi - thanks for your very well spoken comment. It really does come down to just my imagination- which is a very powerful thing!
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I knew you had to be talking about the Bible. I felt it too, all the time since the first time I opened it, as a child. All the talk of angels, the way the angel was with you through the darkest times, and guided you. It was just a perfect tribute to faith and the knowledge there is always a guardian watching over each of us. Wonderful!
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well written and very intense thought provoking messages int he write spoken from your heart. Not many realize how supportive and guiding in a heavenly angelic way angels are our closest of friends and can be silenced until we need them the most in our hardest of times then they speak profoundly with strength to our soul. thank you for entering and many blessings always xxx
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sometimes we need to see the insight that wisdom shows from whatever the source.
you have me thinking here my friend!
Keep penning on one stroke at a time!
Bill
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wow this is packed with images
this is thought provaking
this was aawsome about ou of the body experences
as ive done this
so this poem hit me square inthe face
you rocked this poem
great
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This poem is insightful. It garners a wherewithal for the reader. There are times when we think we are all alone but there is forever guidance waiting for us to simply reach out for it. I have been in places where it was morbid and dank but God provided escape. It is good to know that you have somewhere you can always go for comfort and to suspend loneliness. Excellent musing my friend. This poem makes me think of the old saying;
"A closed moth cannot be fed, and a closed heart cannot receive".
Many Blessings to YOU ♥
Renee
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nice shoot! keep penning.
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your poem is very beautiful and a joy to read good luck in the contest
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Wonderful Write!
Brilliant as a matter of fact. Your author's notes are almost as good as your poem. You bring to light alot of questions that I think most people ask. You've penned with great imagery, and much emotion. I also believe in guardian angels, I met mine too, my grandmother. Though she is gone now, I know she is still with me, and she helps to guide me. Beautiful words, never doubt that you are a poet, and may your hand always be guided and blessed
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Wow this write is simply perfect! i really enjoyed reading it! You are an incrediable poet~
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aw, thank you- you are so sweet Thanks, Duana
PS btw I didn't get to enter your contest, but I hope you ahd fun with it!!
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Thank you for your wonderful comment. I am in a sonnet contest right now. If I am chosen to move on to the next level, perhaps I will use this poem to write a sonnet. Thank you for the wonderful idea. Duana -
This is truly beautiful. The way you describe this person as being there when you needed them gives it an almost magical sense of mystery. I do think we have guardian angels. A very nice writing. Congratulations on the shiny.
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uhmm
well am not much into bible thing but yes there are angel guardians arnd us to guide us and few evil spirits to misguide us to but its not everyone's cup of tea to contact the angel friends.
I see how lovely you describe your feelings for one such friend. I havent encountered any such moment as of now but once in my meditation I met this angel Ameh. I do have a habit to talk to myself (or some other self for that matter) loudly. I picture my personal conversations in a team with god, me (the speaker) and that other self.
lol confusing hun?
anyways u continue with exceptional quality of urs
keep going
Ankita
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Thanks. Curious how you found this?
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Wonderful Piece
STUNNING PIECE OF WRITING. WONDERFUL MEANING BEHIND THIS. LOVE SHINES THROUGH THIS. THE ONE THAT YOU HAVE WAITED FOR ALL YOUR LIFE IS NOW THERE, IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES. HE HAS GIVEN YOU THE THINGS THAT YOU CRAVED THE MOST. WONDERFUL WRITING.
WAYNE
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wow this is amazing so much love comes from this person, and obviously they mean the world too you. I love your word choice and everything about this poem. Awesome job. I can really relate to this.
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I really like the connections - it was easy to understand what you were writing about, without it being too obvious. This is filled with so much hope and meaning; raw emotion, but penned with depth. My only suggestion is to look out for overusing the word "me", especially over 3 times in a stanza. Power job though!
Ryan
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Extarordinary!!!
I know of this mysterious bond you speak of "Cords that cannot be broken" (*Twin Souls*) you have said, in this piece everything, I could never seem to find the words to say myself...strange how I should come across this piece just when I was thinking, that bond was only in my imagination, once upon a time, even though we both knew how real it was. I do know one thing for sure, this is a really, really special poem and it spoke straight to my heart. And yes! I do believe in this bond that nothing can come between, that it is beyond space & time. Extraordinary write!
Love & Light
Debbera
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Beautiful
you have such a beautiful thought duana. this is one is a beautiful piece, very well-written. it is straight from heart, honest and true. I am impressed, really i am. i am loving your thoughts here.. In my opinion, it is God. The only truth, the only real thing, is God. Yes, there are guardian angels (read psalm 91:11-12, the assurances of God's protection), and sometimes God does send people to help you. Nothing in life is coincidence, it has a meaning. Brain will never fool you, it's like a programmed computer, it's our emotions triggered by hormones that makes us fools . People die, people are separated because of many issues, but one thing that will always remains the same is the bond. when someone dies, the person is gone, but the bond is not broken. wonderful work duana. regards.
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what a beautiful poem. The flow, the rhythm, all of it was just wonderful. The heartfelt emotion was felt throughout and touches the readers' heart.
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hi! I don't really consider myself a poet (though I am trying to build my skills), so thank you for being so nice in your comment! Duana
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In this poem you have very accurately and powerfully expressed feeling familiar to me. Society - more in particular linear time and physical space - can separate two souls, but like you also wrote, they can't be torn asunder after they have become aware of the other's presence. This material world is ruled by laws; laws of physics which are incomplete and erroneous, laws of justice that are injust and corperate law that is an abomination of life. We all seem to be trapped in a huge mass hallucination (a phrase used by the Huna shamen of Hawaii to describe the state of this world). But matters go further still: According to the now extinct once global religion called Manichaeism of (proto) Babylonian times, this entire universe is the result of an attack of the dark powers on the Powers of Light. The purpose was to trap souls in matter, where they can be corrupted, turned against their Source and Destiny and serve to feel pain, grief and utter despair, which pleases the sadistic dark forces. The battle between good and evil is one of a universal scale and here on earth it takes place inside us, in our minds and hearts.
What the bible says of this is a subset of what is written in the Book of Enoch ( www.hermetics.org/pdf/bookenoch.pdf ) where it is written that stars will deviate from universal law as we know it. This indicates (the beginning of) the end of this universe. The freeing of all souls trapped in matter. There is an other clear warning contained in The Book of Enoch: The righteous, meek and humble will be the Elect of The most High; all who speak evil of GOD and act against HIS will, shall have the same miserable fate as the watchers (fallen angels) who corrupted, abused, exploited and committed homicide on this world.
But even in the obliterating turmoil of the days of tribulation twin souls cannot be separated.
Thank you for creating and sharing this perceptive and most eloquent write. I enjoyed being on this page to read. Take care,
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STUNNING WRITING
OUTSTANDING WRITING THIS WAS DEEP AND VERY VERY GOOD INDEED. TRULY WRITTEN FROM YOUR HEART TO THE PAGE. THE IMAGERY IN THIS IS BRILLIANT AND I CAN FEEL THE POWER OF YOUR WORDS WITH THIS FANTASTIC PIECE OF WRITING. KEEP WRITING. YOU HAVE GOT REAL TALENT.
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Dear Wayne- the one thing I would never expect is for you to read my writing. I don't even consider myself a poet- but I do feel like I have the heart of a poet, and I hope one day the writing will catch up with my heart.
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Well Done
On expressing your deep feelings and bringing them to the reader in vivid imagery..they say we all have a soul mate ~ they also say we all have a guardian angel.. I believe this..a pleasure to read and review..Blessings..Dee.
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I like this a lot
because it is well written and the reader has a very nice narrative to follow..the philosophy... it is my view that in the power of thought all things are possible and this is one... many have experienced angels and personally i do not doubt the possibility and that in our faith and our tender moments we can find many unseen things...so very well done
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interesting
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The existence of guardian angels is very real. Anyone who has not experienced miraculous / inexpliccable interventions of higher powers still needs to learn an abundance in this space and time. You have expressed a number of such events and related feelings and thoughts in a wonderful way in your poem. Perspective becomes very different if we become aware of the fact that this life is merely a fragment of our journey through space and time; it takes away the hurriedness, the fear of not being able to complete things. Linear time is part of the illusion we call life - our dreams are often more real and closer to the Truth. I enjoyed reading your poetical ponderings and author notes. Thank you for creating and sharing. Take care,
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If ever we wondered about our existence ...
we may know that God does not wonder, for He is omnipresent and clairvoyant. He brings together souls for a very specific reason. As I have told you, there is no coincidence between souls divinely linked. Your poem stressed that. We all have our guardian angels. Last night we had a dinner for friends here and I told them, all wondrous and close friends, that every single one of them brought together their own guardian angel, so the party is much bigger than it seemed to be! AND of course, that is WITHOUT bringing into consideration all the millions of angels surrounding us! I see them as an enormous shield of protection.
You are intensely deep and spiritual, Duana. I love how you get to the core of matters. Thank you for the privilege to read this write.
Love
Myra
Ps. You ARE a poet -- with your own distinct voice.
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This is very different from things I'm used to reading. The music was a really nice touch. This is really beautiful piece. I really enjoyed the lines "...when all the
flesh and blood around me
ignored me, and treated me
as if I were a ghost,
and now here you were,
in flesh and blood..."
Great job
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this is a beautiful poem. the imagery is lovely. the words youve used to describe the feelings is clear. i dont know why people dont leave comments on your work. this is beautiful writing
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Thank you for telling me what you think, and for taking the time to read.
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Well written. Not the exact feel I was looking for but well written all the same. It is hard to explain these experiances. Good luck!
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Ye, I knew from your photo and description of your contest it wouldn't be what you were looking for, but at least I had your contest as an excuse to write about this interesting topic, and it inspired me to write other things- but I don't put my 'real' poetry on this site - the stuff I not only pour out in my soul, but also take time to get right in terms of form, and actual poetic style.
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