Kindred Spirits

Floating in the midnight sky, amongst the bright stars
Drifting with the mellow wind,
The mind feels calm, as if it found its centre, its axis.
The once omnipresent chaos, I can no longer find.
A gentle, soft breath leaves the swollen chapped lips
With the eyes becoming misty, reflecting years of weariness,
The fatigue finally fades away .
The suffocating pressure over the heart, almost imperceptibly, lifts away
“I found it, I found it…”
Chants the soul, as if afraid to believe it,
“I found my kindred spirit”
Years and years of conversations with self in solitude,
Denying the mere possibility that this lonely journey could ever find another weary traveller
A partner, who makes it a little easier to breath ,
To smile a little wider, laugh a little harder, giggle without inhibition,
Crocheting a kaleidoscopic future without apprehension.
Not a word is spoken, not a muscle is twitched
Yet my kindred spirit understands it all .
The harmonies of my soul are no longer being compared to bleating .
Their gentle hands caress my temples, wiping the pearl like beads of sweat,
Formed by the effort of carrying the burden of existence.
I take a shuddering breath, as I finally live and not survive.
Alas! The human tendency to find a way into the dark abyss strikes again.
With the blessing of finding a treasure comes the inevitable fear of losing it.
To revert to the lonesome life , the ultimate bane.
Each breath feeling like the last one again ,
The noise of one’s thoughts giving way to sleepless nights,
The once bouncy stride becoming slower,
Shoulders slouched like a lost warrior.
Anger seeps in,
The unadulterated agony threatening a life of ruin,
Overwhelmed by the unfairness of it all
“Oh lord!”, screams the bleeding heart,
“I was okay.
With a head bowed in resignation, I had accepted the prophecy of a lonely life.
But now you give me hope,
Oh hope is not what I need
Hope is the cause of all misery!”
Will I be a brave soldier?
Will I be a jittery optimistic fool?
My kindred spirit, how can I not express my gratitude for you?
For you, I shall be vulnerable.
The melody of your voice makes me lose all pretence.
I open the gates to the depths of my soul
As it is all that I have to offer to your divine presence.
For I shall never be able to give you back what you do for me,
Always falling short in comparison to your selfless actions.
But I shall try my best,
I promise.
Keeping my demons at bay,
Because they too shrink in the glory of your angelic soul,
Retreating into their damp graveyards like powerless ghouls.
With a mighty voice I admonish all my sinister thoughts.
Even if the tumultuous current of the sea drifts us apart,
When the wheel of time turns, and we are reborn
We shall find each other again
By listening to the cadence of our intertwined hearts,
The tale of our love shall forever live on.