Bondage

You were a reminder of all

I most longed for

Never had

Or thought I had lost

You came offering hope

But instead you awakened painful memories

And foreboding dread

Sending the depth charge of your sonar

Deep inside my very cells

If I am the ocean

Then you are the wave

That parts and moves the water

If I am the shadows

Then you are the sun that comes

Erasing the past

And if I am the longing

Then your longing

Is also the mirror of my own

And if I am then

The one who tries to close the door

How will both our lives move forward

From this

Our human aching

Our human bondage

To our soul awakening