The Union of Souls

The anger alarms me

The passion unnerves me

The power frightens me

The presence fills me

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My body is frozen

My mind is stalled

My heart is racing

My life is incomplete

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The gentleness holds me

The beauty tracks me

The hope beckons me

The love entraps me

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My faith is failing

My doubt is rising

My heart is bleeding

My fears are growing

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The voice calls me

The hand reaches me

The breath covers me

The promise loves me

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I sit in muted silence

I dread the moments

I fear what this way comes

I shrink from the union of souls

~Mark Schutter ©2014

Some of the poem above was originally written in 2012 but I came across it recently and reworked it adding lines and I think it is better than the original now.  My thoughts were how we so shrink from authentic and real connection when it often is right in front of us.  Why? Fear? Insecurity?  Thoughts? ~M