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Poetry

A Poet’s Thought of Soulmates

By

Elijah

Elijah writes from a prison in NSW.

Willy Pleasance

I am your best friend, and you are mine,

I’m your man and you’re my woman,

We are each other’s person,

Husband to wife, bonded by marriage,

The words, the promises,

Feelings to actions,

Attraction, love’s sweet reaction,

Souls become one,

Two bodies, two minds now one,

Two people, two futures paved only in thought,

So different yet their destinies so aligned,

We are each other’s person, complete immersion,

Eyes like stars, lips like silk, hands so soft,

Bodies they dance, among stars they are,

Creation they make, life’s path they take,

Every feeling they felt, the other feels too,

Trust is a must and communication too,

Together as one, soulmates we are destined,

Forever to each other we are.

I am your best friend, and you are mine,

I’m your man and you’re my woman,

We are each other’s person,

Husband to wife, bonded by marriage,

The words, the promises,

Feelings to actions,

Attraction, love’s sweet reaction,

Souls become one,

Two bodies, two minds now one,

Two people, two futures paved only in thought,

So different yet their destinies so aligned,

We are each other’s person, complete immersion,

Eyes like stars, lips like silk, hands so soft,

Bodies they dance, among stars they are,

Creation they make, life’s path they take,

Every feeling they felt, the other feels too,

Trust is a must and communication too,

Together as one, soulmates we are destined,

Forever to each other we are.

This
piece
was originally printed in the
December 2025
edition of About Time.

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Creative

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