INVISIBLE THREAD
Separated by circumstance
beyond my control
Finally taken from my hands
For I could not let go

A cloud of sorrow hung above
My heart was hard and heavy
Wondering if I'd ever love
How long 'fore I'd be ready

After a time I tried again
hoping to get it right
I knew quite soon I was not content
but still, I wasn't sure why

Again I pursued that thing I knew
for I'd held it once before
Yet in my search for something true
I felt it eluded me more

Then off in the distance reflected light
momentarily flashed
Afraid to even trust my own sight
Unsure of how to react

It beckoned to me all the same
this span of invisible thread
It called for me, it knew my name
and awakened what was dead

The very flame I was searching for
had been there all along
Just waiting for the time to return
and burning just as strong

Then I knew - I belong to you
It suddenly made sense
Though in separate places, we still were glued
by a bond of invisible thread
(c)  2004  Sheila W
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