Soul Mates Divided

I look into her eyes, my Julia,

And I fear the day when I will no longer see her,

Starring back at me, from behind a brown abyss,

The beauty of her smile, I shall always miss,

For so long she was my sanctuary, the one who made me whole,

My life, my happiness, she held the key to my soul,

So often I'd watch her walk on by,

But I cannot keep her, and so I let her fly,

To be whom the Lord God intended her to be,

She was never mine, and so I set her free,

Although it tears my heart inside,

This pain is mine, and so I hide,

How I ache, how I yearn to hold,

Her warm body close, until we grow old,

And when our skin is wrinkled, and our pace is slow,

We might be glad that I didn't let go,

But I would give her all I could, and more,

And yet it could never be enough, this poor

Pittance of a life,

Although I long for her to be my wife,

I cannot cage her, I won't see it done,

The fight is over, the best man won,

And so I let my heart spread her wings,

But I'll always be there, for the struggles life brings.

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I see it in his eyes, that brave man of mine,

That noble heart, that shining mind,

My heart did scream, my soul said no,

But I always knew that he'd let me go,

My dear William, so brave, so true,

Little does he know that it's my pain too,

How much it hurts to say goodbye,

When the one you love sets you free, to fly,

When you long for the security of warm arms to hold,

You close, to keep at bay the cold,

Not all men love as others do,

If I'd had a choice – I'd have chosen you,

I'd have given you everything, my dreams, and more,

How I wish you'd come running through that door,

And begged me not to say 'I do',

To a man I knew could never be you,

But I always knew you'd set me free,

That you'd do the very best for me,

That you'd watch me spread my wings, and fly,

No matter how hard it was to say goodbye,

And so I thank you my heart, for the love that you gave,

For these dreams of mine, which you have helped save,

And I promise that I won't ever forget,

How the two of us loved, when our two souls met,

How you set my world alight,

How you made my heart burn bright,

How you alone made me complete,

As though two halves of one did meet,

Upon that first tender touch,

You are my soul-mate, I know that much,

And no matter how many miles between,

The two of us span, my conscience is clean,

I married for love, that much is true,

But I will never love another, as I'll always love you.