fragments

I was just a small wave,

Rising once, then gone,

A momentary ripple,

Propagating through

The endless fabric of the universe.

No traces remain to mark me,

No heart to remember me,

Yet in that momentary pulse,

I touched infinity,

And it touched me back.

In that brief moment,

Perhaps we were stars aligned in the sky,

Waiting for the right moment,

To shine together,

Only to miss each other,

In the vast expanse of time.

I have waited for you

through names I no longer remember,

through bodies that turned to dust,

through centuries that learned my patience.

In every life, I searched,

with my soul.

waited, with whatever remained of me.

And even if I never find you again,

let the universe know

there was a love so deep

I’ve met so many faces,

walked with strangers in the rain,

yet something in me waits,

for someone I’ve never met.

Sometimes I feel you near,

like a half remembered dream,

Maybe you’re my soulmate,

someone I’ve loved a thousand times

in lives I can’t remember.

Maybe you’re lost like I am too,

searching without a clue,

and one day, when time stands still,

I’ll finally recognize you,

the one I’ve always known,