Missing Piece

I left a piece of my soul with you
before I entered this life,
hoping it would lead you back to me
when the time was just right.

I've been waiting for quite a while now
you seem to be running late,
but we never set a time and place to meet
so who could be blamed?

It's hard to be patient
but what else could I do?
You're the only one I want
out of the 7 billion to love.

Maybe it's that missing piece of my soul
that fills me with longing.
So if you can feel me out there, beloved
please send it back to me.

Climb inside the envelope
and sail home with me.
You only had a part so far
but soon you can have all of me.


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I wrote this on the subway while riding home from another wonderful Soul Tending session with Andrew Carmargo. My iPod was on random and the song that started playing right after I finished (OneRepublic's All This Time) seemed like a direct response from the universe to my writing, which was so SWEET! 

Glenerin Dreams

Glenerin Inn
a fond place for me.
Autumn air,
English tea in the afternoon
peaceful, serene.

Transported to another world
where time stands still,
its stone walls full of history
from a bygone era.

Has anyone famous sat in this chair before me?
Who once strolled through the garden?
Did someone think: who would be here in the future?
Probably not, but isn't it an enchanting possibility?

Daydreaming about some distant day
before or beyond me
is a favourite pastime.
Glenerin is the perfect spot
for my imagination to fly free.


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I first met Glenerin Inn last autumn when having afternoon tea there with my friend Camilla. It was such a lovely and tranquil setting! Today it entered my universe again when I opened up a random page in Mississauga's Culture Days guide for a poem prompt and the first word I saw was Glenerin. At first I didn't think it could work but this turned out quite charming. :) The last poem of my record 5 poems in a day... woo-hoo!! :D

The Great Wound

I can't imagine why
anyone would inflict
The Great Wound
upon themselves.

Yet here I am
a survivor of this
mysterious choice
still being healed.

I'd like to ask
my former self
why he chose
this path for me?

He might say
so you'll know
that LOVE is here to stay
with you forever & always.