…another goodbye
You are so very far away
not oceans apart
but the distance between us
although just a line
between two points on a map
it is more than oceans
an unconquerable emptiness
as vast as the void
between the sun and the moon
in which neither
can ever touch the other
our distant hearts exist
in an endless mutual orbit
we each eclipse the other
in a dance of darkness
that leaves us both lightless
always returning to our place
our union a curiosity
tethered by some force
we cannot see or understand
we never bridge the void
but we both feel the pull
the irresistible gravity
we spin in endless circles
catching glimpses of each other
in the distance, as we pass
and the infinite space between us
somehow gets greater
day, after day, after day
this is not for an absence of love
not for a lack of desire
but time and circumstance
and the cycles of the seasons of life
the obligations and connections
that create their own
metaphorical barriers
barriers to anything
that is just for ourselves
but for us, these things just are
they are not an obligation
but a commitment to love
yet when seen from a distance
considered a sacrifice
but the truth is so far from this
the circle of life
endlessly demands our attention
testing our hearts and our souls
over and over again
turning a child into their parent’s parent
a parent into a child’s child
an inevitable circle of responsibility
tied to duty to the ones we love
but in the in between
there are moments of bliss
nothing can compete with this
a love that was destined
before time began
in every lifetime
we both inhabit the same earth
sometimes we never meet
but our souls still connect
a constant longing for something
something, that in the moment
we cannot comprehend
just a lingering feeling
of something lost
something eternal
boundless and unconditional
something that whispers only to us
from a faraway place and time
something that brings
both comfort and a wild restlessness
something that cannot be denied
a constant ache, a shadow
that follows us everywhere
in these brief moments of eternity
when our souls find each other
when we are face to face
and hand in hand
there is only love, a greater love
than even we can understand
intricately woven
two souls on a journey
bound together by fate
our lives intertwined
from the very start, heart to heart
we swim in the depths of each other’s eyes
there are no secrets and no lies
the only thing unspoken
the inevitable truth
there will always be another goodbye
© Ann Bagnall
