Finding You

Climbing the highest mountain,
sailing through cyclonic seas,
battling the demons and dragons.
My spirit is begging to be free.

I spent half my life flaying at windmills,
later in the valley of despair,
I gave up many times with death in mind,
but I knew you were waiting somewhere.

Love led me to a verdant forest.
The light shimmered on a jeweled path.
Taking my hand and with bated breath,
I saw you and my sorrows passed.

Waiting for me with arms open wide,
with the light of love in your eyes.
Thawing my heart and my empty soul,
healing my wounds with your sighs.

I have waited a thousand years, it seems,
through a lifetime of sadness and pain.
I could hear your call, and I followed through.
My life has not been in vain.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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Godwin Avatar
September 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
With each line, my heartbeat increased. Empathy. The emotional, dramatic content as delivered with an effective rhyme scheme really tagged me. Love the fulfilling ending. I just posted a new poem & noticed the poem's 'categories' were brown boxed at bottom of poem page. Also, form. Did you notice? Not sure what I think, reminds me of the annoying ads covering content on web & games. Is Soup riding our poems for their benefit? Most changes here, I've enjoyed. I digress. Poetry hugs, CC
VanHooser Avatar
September 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Hi CayCay! I'm glad you liked this one, I thought you might. ;-) There have been a lot of changes to the Soup's GUI and I have found many of the changes annoying, more mouse-intensive than previously. It takes me more time to post a poem. Form is something I don't usually look at as I know nothing about it. I just write what feels and sounds right to me. I tried conforming to different forms and found doing so just stifled me. Thank you for your kind words. Hugs, Ron
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