Your exhausted heart longs
for the pillow
of my beating one
As much as
your weary head
yearns to rest
there too
But do not cry,
my love
That we are apart
in this world.
What is separation
for a single soul?
We are two aspects
of a single breath
Think of
how deeply we are exhaling
Oh,
what a relief it is
to have found you!
though you were in me all along
We are not apart
No, not really
For we cannot be parted
How does one sever an ocean
Or an eternal flame?
You are not my life
But we are life itself
Together
And look how much we are living it.
Life is a veil
And we are the riders
Carrying opposite corners
to vast expanses
Spreading it over the world
and coloring gardens beneath
in the deep scarlet
of our undying hearts
Do not cry, my love.
We are a compound
that cannot be split.
We were always
one element
anyway.
@Sheherazad.poetry
Feb 18, 2019
Feb 18, 2019 at 3:26 PM UTC
Your exhausted heart longs
for the pillow
of my beating one
As much as
your weary head
yearns to rest
there too
But do not cry,
my love
That we are apart
in this world.
What is separation
for a single soul?
We are two aspects
of a single breath
Think of
how deeply we are exhaling
Oh,
what a relief it is
to have found you!
though you were in me all along
We are not apart
No, not really
For we cannot be parted
How does one sever an ocean
Or an eternal flame?
You are not my life
But we are life itself
Together
And look how much we are living it.
Life is a veil
And we are the riders
Carrying opposite corners
to vast expanses
Spreading it over the world
and coloring gardens beneath
in the deep scarlet
of our undying hearts
Do not cry, my love.
We are a compound
that cannot be split.
We were always
one element
anyway.
@Sheherazad.poetry
Originally published on my poetry IG @sheherazad.poetry. You can also follow me personally on @soraya.beheshti
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