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A SOUL BUDDY THROUGH LIFETIMES

Updated on May 21, 2012

 

I had a soul friend called Mick

 

He has since passed on

But the memory of him will never, ever be gone.

 

We first met on the beach of Kauai

 

It was our usual spot to walk, talk, and be

This lifetime is a miniscule spec of time you see.

 

 

In the last he’d arrived from Singapore

 

For years, we meandered to assuage my turmoil

His demeanor was so comforting having surrendered toil.

 

In that life he tried to explain

 

His words meant little to me as a proper Christian

Why couldn’t he understand? It was my mission!

 

My love had sailed away

 

Mick would ignore my perpetual yearn

As if he knew all along, my captain wouldn’t ever return.

 

 

I could always count on him to awaken a smile

 

He was there for me through every pain

Right to the end as a gift, to stay sane.

 

In this life, I never knew him to work

 

Getting compensation from the Government was like a toy

As a Vietnam Vet, they’d stolen his joy.

 

 

Diabetes was the reason he used

 

All the while, he smoked cannabis to stay high

While he was alive, I couldn't truly see why - - - sigh…

It was amazing that we were such close friends

 

Both of us would have liked becoming lovers

Yet it just wasn’t meant to be with our covers.

 

 

He hated being trapped in his body

 

Moreover, my focus on things like metaphysics

Made him gossip angrily to everyone else – hisssssss…

 

We got along well with thousands of miles in between

 

Yet whenever broke he’d land on my doorstep

I’d feed him until his check arrived like a pet

as a medic for 2 terms +++ he EARNED his good karma!

 

Mick bounced from Hawaii to California

 

There was a little girl he helped who’d been bit

Manual therapy was continuously needed before she could even sit.

 

 

Writing postcards and letters to everyone constantly

 

Regularly attempting to get a Pilippino mail order bride

The loneliness he felt wasn’t something he even tried to hide.

 

 

He was the only adult man my daughter ever really knew

 

Playing Santa, the Easter Bunny, not missing a single birthday

Running from memories prevented being a father figure to show her the way.

 

 

A camera was the lense through which he saw the world

 

Taking hundreds of pictures weekly to print

The illusion of separateness guarded protectively was more than a hint.

 

 

Not wanting to think clearly or reface the ugliness of war

 

Soul travel or past life regression to him was a stupid fuss

Our bond through lifetimes was something we couldn’t even discuss.

 

 

Once I truly realized who he was

 

The sacred contract he fulfilled as a friend, an eternal mate

Wanting to show him unconditional love without react, well, it was too late.

 

We hang onto such ridiculously tiny opinions in this life

 

He felt the true ugliness of it when he was at war

From then on in this life, he wanted to feel no more.

he's always there - even if only watching from the darkness
he's always there - even if only watching from the darkness

 

I miss him so much, finally feeling the full weight of his loneliness

 

His soul embraced me in my dream

When I awoke I realized not everything is as it’s consciously seen.

 

 

Through that eternal connection I heard the whisper of his love

 

Deeper than forgiveness he said simply, “Look up in the tree”

“Whenever you see beauty as a picture, you’ll be with me.”

 

 

Now even without a body I continually feel his comfort 

 

Soar or rest freely in peace my eternal friend

Thank you for reminding me, our love will never, ever end…

 

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