Lovers do not simply meet
I believe they have been searching for each other across lifetimes,
carrying pieces of the same fire before they ever knew each other’s names
you were certain thing my soul has ever recognized.
The first time I touched your skin
something ancient awakened in me.
I :have belonged to you in ways this life is only beginning to remember
When I felt your heartbeat near mine
With every quiet place inside me that had been waiting for you
Our souls did not meet by accident, but by purpose
With fire and a promise older than time
I cannot remember the first lifetime you loved me
or the first dream where your voice found mine
you have set something inside me ablaze
A passion no distance can quiet
A longing no silence can undo
A love that pulls me toward you like the moon pulling the tide
No fear of what comes next
There is only this moment
This undeniable truth between us
I have loved you for a thousand lifetimes,
and I would find you through a thousand more
You found me when I did not know I was lost.
You lit the dark places in me until even the stars seemed jealous of your light
You and I are embers of the same flame
Forged from the same ache
Born from the same impossible love.
All that you have survived.
All that you are becoming.
And I love every part of you.
I loved you before your name ever crossed my lips.
Before your breath ever warmed my skin.
Before this life gave me the mercy of finding you again.
You are my last thought before sleep.
My first ache when I wake.
The dream I never want to end.
The love I did not know I was waiting for.
And wherever this life takes us,
whatever time tries to steal,
my soul will always know the way back to you.
You are my fire and forever.
And I will love you beyond this lifetime,
beyond every ending we were never meant to have.