Poems: Mind & soul

THANK YOU

YOU CAME INTO MY LIFE
UNANNOUNCED
UNINVITED
BUT NOT UNWANTED
YOU CAME AT A TIME THAT I NEEDED
A TENDER SMILE
A GENTLE TOUCH
ANOTHER'S COMPANY
YOU CAME WITH UNDERSTANDING
FOR YOU ASKED NO QUESTIONS

WITH LOVING CARE
YOU HEALED MY WOUNDS
AND NURSED ME TO HEALTH AGAIN
THEN YOU WATCHED OVER ME
TILL I REGAINED MY COURAGE
TO FACE THE WORLD AGAIN
AND IN YOUR WISDOM YOU REALIZED
MY NEED TO BE FREE
SO YOU TIED NO BONDS

NOW EACH NIGHT
WHEREVER I AM
I THINK OF YOU
WHEREVER YOU ARE
AND IN MY HEART I REPEAT
"THANK YOU"

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INTERPRETATIONS


FROM TIME TO TIME A STRANGER APPEARS
AND PRESSES A BUTTON THAT STARTS EMOTIONS
CHURNING WITHIN US
BUT IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT PERSON
AS IT IS OUR INTERPRETATION
OF WHAT THEY CAN MEAN TO OUR LIFE
THAT MAKES OUR THROAT DRY
OUR SPEECH HESITANT
BUT WORST OF ALL
MAKES US SO VERY, VERY
VULNERABLE

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NOW THAT I KNOW YOU


CAN I LIVE WITHOUT YOU
NOW THAT I KNOW YOU
NOW THAT I KNOW YOU EXIST

CAN I SLEEP AT NIGHT
WITHOUT SEEING YOUR SMILE
NOW THAT I'VE SEEN IT FOR REAL

CAN I BE THE SAME
NOW THAT I'VE BEEN CHANGED
WITH THE GENTLE TOUCH OF YOU HAND

NOW THAT I'M DIVIDED
BY MY NEED FOR YOU
WITHOUT YOU
CAN I BE WHOLE AGAIN