a literary journal

POETRY

Whispers of My Soul Home

 

A lifelong quest,

a lingering hope,

I yearn

to touch your wistful presence.

My heart's silent screams,

chanted in hymns and melodies,

to find you, to feel you,

to drench in your warm embrace.

In my awakening,

in my somnolence,

in my agony and sorrowful dream,

you stand as my soul's guiding beam.

I pray

that the cosmic, rattling winds

will lay me gently, lovingly,

on your soft, glistening shores.

In my wandering mind,

I sense your gentle zephyr,

indulge in your twilight tapestry,

and absorb your celestial beauty.

My anguished soul,

you nurture and quench.

In your confines,

I am untethered, joyous, and ingenuous.

Through the hills of silence,

I wander with my timid light,

drawn to the echo of your essence,

the place where my being feels whole.

My soul home,

where do I find you?

Beyond this carcass of flesh and bones,

I languish to transcend

into your boundless, luminescent scape.