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Soulmate

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I’ve been looking for you forever

My sister, my twin

The parts of me who flew away

From the pain that was inescapable

Unendurable

You left

And I went numb

With shock, to survive

And then I forgot

You’d ever existed

And just felt emptiness

Where your life had once filled my heart

I cobbled a self out of what of me remained

And tried to find my way

But when you are missing key parts of your soul

Life always feels like it has not quite begun

So I’ve lived a half life

I’ve been like a ghost

While my real self was in limbo somewhere

And now here I am

Calling all of me back

My doppelgänger come home to roost

I feel my heart fill

I recognize what is at the same time foreign

Like meeting a twin separated at birth

Who I am now makes sense

No more searching the ends of the earth

Inspired by The Daily Prompt Daily Word: doppelgänger

Tactical Advantage

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I believe in thwarting the devil

The bits and pieces of dark that drag into my day

I used to battle them mightily

Use force and sheer will to get them out of my way

But now I befriend them, it works so much better

From acceptance, I find I have much more sway

Inspired by The Daily Post Daily Word Prompt: thwart

The Homecoming

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When the self betrays the soul

There’s a wounding, a loss

It takes trust and love

For the wound to heal

For the piece that left

To feel safe enough to return

To believe that that betrayal

Will never happen again

What that part cannot know

Is that once it comes back

The self will fight to the death

To keep her home, to keep her whole

Inspired by The Daily Post Word Prompt: betrayed

Twin Heart

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you’re still here, in my heartbeat

I breathe, and I wonder

is there breath where you are

when I sleep, I look for you

long to look in your eyes

my sister, my selfsame

my identical heart

Inspired by The Daily Post: identical

Hand-Me-Down Dreams

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I take a deep breath

Connect to all who’ve been before

Feel my mother’s mother’s heartbeat in mine

What I yearn for

I don’t always understand

Whose dreams am I living

Are they of the present or the past

Inspired by The Daily Post: present

MIA

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Where is she

I sit on the bed and wait

Eyes closed, heart in hand

Try again to conjure

The girl I once was

The one before

Before you

Before it

Where is she

Where am I

Inspired by The Daily Post Daily Word Prompt: conjure

Exhale

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She held her breath and waited

Looking for a permit to be who she really was

For someone to say, OK, now you can be you

It never occurred to her it was her choice

Until it was almost too late

She released her breath and stepped forward

Into the beauty of the unknown

And went to see who she would find inside

Inspired by The Daily Post Daily Word Prompt: permit

Beyond the Pale

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Broaden my horizons

Been looking for the same old things so long

From the views of this self-made prison I call my life

If I close my eyes and hold your hand

Can we leap into a whole new world

I want to stretch to see new sights

My heart is pounding, my body, so alive

I’m ready – let’s jump – and see where we land

Inspired by The Daily Word prompt: horizon

Condolences

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When the shock wears off

No more necessary actions to take

Arrangements made and fulfilled

Relatives come and gone

Friends no longer call

Even cards have been sent

“The family of — thanks you

For your expression of sympathy

The last casserole dish’s been returned

Back into life again

Then the real pain seeps through

That’s the time for a card or call

A lifeline through the bitter woe

A reminder that someone

Else remembers your loss

And cares

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Agile Heart

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Take care not to waken

the pain of this world

in a child with an agile heart.

Or she’ll learn way too soon

to hide all her shine.

Take care of her fragile heart.

Inspired by The Daily Word Prompt: agile