My one love

two souls

trapped on this planet

born not of choice

but as a matter of course

they experience pain and joy

fullness and loneliness

hunger and satiety

searching for that certain soul

to make it all make sense

we found each other

years ago

like a shot out of the blue

from the moment we locked eyes

we were fundamentally changed

we didn't date, we just spent time together

we didn't court, it wasn't a contest

we just knew

over the years we saw trouble a plenty

but it drove us together

not apart

I've heard about being one flesh

and we were

I didn't know where I left off and she began

until she was taken

after years of weaving our souls into one

she was ripped from my life

leaving a wound where she was

and everywhere she touched

some of it heals

the scar tissue is evident

but it's not the same

because this scar tissue doesn't feel

I feel a kind of numbness now

woven in between the pain

I'm changed but not for the better

I don't know if I like who I've become

spending my days wishing

for what can never be again