POETRY: "In Address to the Unseen" By Ashley Barron

"In Address to the Unseen"

By Ashley Barron

Other half of my self,

Spirit that is not mine, 

but that belongs to me all the same.

Presence that I feel

when I am alone in the dark,

lost, afraid,

in need of comfort. 

I see you not,

and yet I know you are there.

Through every trial and tribulation,

every doubt and hardship

your voice has led me,

your hand guided me. 

You have been at my back

and pushing me forward

even when I thought I had not the strength

to move again.

When I have doubted myself,

you have picked me up.

When I have turned my face in shame,

you have lifted it to the sky in pride.

You have taught me 

to see the world in a different light;

to see even myself 

in a different light. 

And I am thankful--

always--

for the steadiness of your assurance.

Ours is a bond 

extending far beyond the limitations of time,

space,

matter;

even reality has no hold

no sway over our connection,

for ours is a bond, not of hands,

but of souls;

the very essence of life 

intertwined and interwoven

into indeterminate infinity.

I am you--yours;

you are me--mine. 

Until the universe takes its last breath

and settles finally into groaning oblivion,

so shall we be.