SOUL MATED

would've been sharing my heart---
...but I held my emotions
fearing you'd feel
...too connected;

would've been losing control---
...but I held my feelings
so your heart wouldn't
...feel subjected…

to be all I truly wanted us to be;
...so somewhere, somehow
I convinced myself
...you weren't the one for me.

would've been baring my soul---
...but I held my religion
hoping you wouldn't
...feel soul mated.

would've been offering my love---
...but I held my hand
knowing you'd then
...feel obligated…

to be all I dreamed we could be;
...so somewhere, somehow
I held my tongue
...on speaking our love's prophecy---

until God spoke your name.

By MARK ANTHONY THOMAS

From The Poetic Repercussion Copyright © 2004