…are merged again

Sometimes
a lifetime won’t suffice
when two souls
chance upon each other
lives that touch
for a brief instant
love does not recognise
the transience of life
time does not dim
the memory of perfection
found in a single moment
of tenderness

when destinations differ
but destinies
are forever bound
there will come a time
when one thought
lost to the crowds
is a familiar shadow
on the swell
and the separate paths
are merged again

so, hold my echo
in your heart
think of me gently
of what was
and what could have been
love transcends
the barriers of time
of age and space
the soul always longs
for a companion

in the gentle murmurs
of deep, black waters
there are threads
woven together by fate
wandering
the vast corridors
of silent thoughts
and when your heart
is over full
let me carry your whispers
as secrets I will keep
for eternity
© Ann Bagnall
2012