“I had embraced you…
long before I hugged you.”
― Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos
I had seen you
Long before I met you
I had dreamed of you
Long before we connected
I had heard you
Long before I spoke to you
I had embraced you
Long before I hugged you.
Yet I lost sight
Of my dreams
The connection
The voice….
I began to look for you
In people who
Couldn’t connect with me
Couldn’t hear me
Couldn’t see me
And certainly couldn’t
Embrace me.
Then abandoned, lonely
Lost and bone-weary
I gave up the search
For you.
That’s when you reappeared
Not in my dreams this time
The voice, the sight, the hugs
I recalled them all
When I embraced you for real.
Writing for Kate Motaung’s Five Minute FridayFive Minute Friday. The prompt is ‘Embrace’.
Lovely poem. Meeting you at Five Minute Friday. #79. You can take that poem many places but I went right to Jesus.
Blessings
Janis
Thank you, Janis. I left ‘open’ on purpose.
Such a beautiful thought.
Thanks, Alana.
So perfect .This is how people go through life.Looking for love everywhere and in wrong places.Knowing what you are looking for lets you find your love.Just beautiful
Right, Amrita.
Only today I was having a discussion on do we stay with someone because of the fear of being lonely. Do we settle with someone even though we can’t connect. Lots of whatifs… I digress ?
I loved how your thoughts started with a dream, went on to a struggle and then ended on a happier note of finding someone or something meaningful.
We often settle for less, don’t we?
Lovely. Stopping by from FMF!
Thanks, Leigh.