'A soul mate?'
I whispered the sentence to myself,
Eying the mirror,
Looking into my chocolate brown eyes,
My beautiful long wavy red hair.
'What is a soul mate?'
Cocking my head to the side,
My thoughts drifted to those I love.
'Well, there was that one guy.'
I murmured to myself.
'He knew me inside out.
All the good and bad,
More the I let most people know.'
I sighed, my brows came together.
'And yet he broke my heart.'
Shrugging, my face relaxed,
My gaze still locked with myself.
'Yet, if thats a soul mate,
Then wouldn't my best friend be too?
She has been through hell and back with me,
Been through all the bright days.
She doesn't judge me, and cares...
Isn't that what they're all about?'
I stood there,
Thinking, thinking, thinking.
'And my friend?
Across the states?
Who I had never met face to face,
Yet could tell me when I was having a bad day?
Who could feel it?
Maybe that's a soul mate.'
Gently taping my lips with my index finger,
I had an idea.
'Maybe all of them were soul mates.'
I nodded my head at myself,
Happy with my conclusion.
'They all completed me in different ways,
Even if not all of them are in my life anymore.
Or maybe its about the people who come and go?'
My eyes light up with excitement,
What an epiphany!
'Maybe we have many soul mates,
All waiting for us in different forms,
In different ways.
All the people who I love,
Who really fill me and I fill them..
They are my soul mates.
I have had only a handful,
And not all are or will be lovers,
But thats not what a soul mate is for.'
Very satisfied with myself,
I encircle myself with my arms,
Holding me close.
With a smile on my face,
I turned away from my mirror,
Feeling whole.
Author notes
Since the judge asked, I am asking any readers who know me and comment on me, to not use my real name! Thank you! I hope you enjoyed it.
A contest entry
- Soul Mates by trista.
500 points, ended March 1, 2007, 15 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Comments
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I love it! YOu always impress me, I thought that I would be used to your style by now but I'm not. YOu don't seem to have a style. You just want to express yourself and you do it wonderfullally. YOu write so simple yet what you are explaining isn't. I love it.
Lovies
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Thanks so much once again for your entry. I'm just doing a final reading of all the poems and leaving applause.
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This is so different from the other entries in my contest ~ very creatively done. I loved the dialoge with yourself, and the descriptions you were able to include by looking in the mirror. I think it can be hard to get a lot of imagery into a poem on this subject, so you've done very well with that.
The thoughts and realizations you come to are very insightful as well. The point you make of your soul mates filling you, and you them, is a perfect way of describing what a soul mate should do for you or make you feel. Filled with all these bits of wisdom, I very much enjoyed your entry and thank you for it. Good luck in the contest!
Best wishes,
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Good for you,
you knew what a soul mate truely is.
my soul mate can finish my sentences before i can, knows all my favorite things. keeps my secrests ever the ones is is dying to tell. my soul mate knows when i am going to say yes and when i'll say no. he knows my heatr like no other. \your write is very enjoyable.
good luck in the contest.
manyblessings2u & yours
Joyce
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