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Together Alone

While the sun sets for you 
it rises for me, you are halfway
around the world, our differences
nights and days apart –  
                  
                      while I dreamed of
settling you dreamed of travel – 

when you saw blue skies
I was tamped beneath the
overcast below – 
            
                       "timing is everything"
in life, I have often heard...
and as the clock ticks
further down, I have begun to 
wonder if even eternity will bring 
any of us really closer together...?

Oh!~ I know, for I have also studied
The Scriptures, and our need for faith...

but I have also tasted the tea
unsweetened, and read the residue – 

staining my heart with vivid images 
of sustained separation 

Though alone is never alone
when with God, I am reminded

but even Christ clung to His beloved 
human company...

Copyright © Joe Dimino | Year Posted 2022

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Sally Eslinger Date: 12/26/2022 7:46:00 AM Joe, a sad poem, but oh so gloriously written! Your desperate resorting to and description of reading the tea leaves, “stained by the residue” truly left me feeling the weak state of being human in the face of All circumstance(s)! A great inspiration, deepest emotion, profound questioning were undercurrents here. BRAVO! Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 12/26/2022 8:38:00 AM Thank you, Sally; I always appreciate your comments, seeing beyond the obvious tea leaves. I really never try to tell people how to think, only asking questions that are of profound interest me. Blessings my friend.

Stephan McBride Date: 12/25/2022 10:17:00 PM Amen, my friend, one will always have a void seeking to fill with things of this world, only when Christ reigns within is this void fulfilled, to have this true joy, comfort, peace and love within. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 12/26/2022 6:21:00 AM Absolutely! Within and without. What we see without is the reflection of what humanity allows to rule within. Blessings my friend.

Speaks Volumes Date: 12/25/2022 10:37:00 AM They say its a small world, but that isn't true, when the subject of your love isn't here with you. The time difference is annoying and the distance is soul destroying. But think of the ages before technology, before internet and telephone was available to you an me. Think just how alone we would really be. Your poem is so true Joe, for what's needed, human company transcends , but remember on Soup at least you have friends. Login to Reply Joe Dimino Date: 12/25/2022 12:38:00 PM Hi Wendy, thank you so much; there are many kind and decent people here on Soup -- No matter the companionship, I have found, there is always a sense of alone for me~ perhaps never feeling as close to God as I would want to be. No human perhaps able to have that great an understanding -- span such infinite gulf. Who knows? On a brighter note, I pray you and yours are sharing a wonderful holiday season. For there is almost always something to feel joyful about. Blessings my friend!