They would look upon each other through a barrier of every conceivable reality. At the slightest touch, the veil was a collision of colour, shimmering with the very essence of infinity. It was an indestructible impossibility, but there it was – an obstacle between them and fate. As sure as the moon would grace the sky, the barrier would temporarily thin, like a window opening between existences that gave the two lonely souls a moment to connect. They were worlds too far apart to touch or speak, only able to see and communicate through a means of pen and paper.
It was in the same room, in a different reality, that they would spend an eternity falling through words and poetry.
Your words written and whispered
To the wind
Found my unsuspecting heart’s ears
And now I’m undone,
My defences thinned
Never seeing such beauty
Till that of your mind’s ink
Spilt over these pages,
Upon reading,
our souls did link
Knowing on a level so deep
It’s as if we’ve always been
And always were
Distance matters not
With you is where I begin
Time and space could never disguise
Your energy, my love
I’d sense it across the universe
Blocked by nary an obstacle
you may speak of
So leap from the daunting edge
of tomorrow with me
And float in the vast sea of eternity
Past the silvery moons
And vibrant stars where our spirits could be free
That’s what my soul
Calls out to yours
If only past this veil we’ll fly away
Hand in hand traveling in tranquillity
To far off galactic shores
Now ruined to any other’s embrace
Forevermore I’ll believe we are destiny
Hope will never leave
Till we are joined in joy so heavenly
These words are for you
as I fall through infinity
but you’re far from my touch
in this technicolour reality
Between the azure
of our divide
I promise, my love
our destinies will collide
Unmake me
and shatter the barrier to shards
we will find a world that we could make ours
Beneath the skies of endless divinity
with you, my one
I will find eternity
Rebuild me
and I’ll defy this twisted deity
for what cruel weaver of fate
would have you so far
Create from this chaos an alternate alkaline
because I’m beyond a means to define
the way I’m lost in your design
and how it flawlessly connects with mine
I feel like I could ebb and flow in this forever
finding in verse new ways to convey
we belong together
So I’ll stop time
and quantify
a means for our souls to intertwine
if only for a moment
to simply say
I love you.
Beyond Words
by
Lee A. Vockins
&
R. Petrus
Huge thank you to R. Petrus for working with me on this project.
You can find more of her work at:
Lee A. Vockins. 