Wow, Jude. Excellent. Love the "rivers carved into the surface of our thoughts" line.

metaphysical shooting star, jude, nuanced imagery, earthy resonance.
the tap root of idea construction creating "reality."
very, very much enjoyed...
carolyn

Love this world-within-worlds write, pre-dating time itself. Pristine and rich, and latent with the pent-up energies of possibility and potential. Consciousness calling into existance the material world. Very existential. Yes, moment is a mockery if there is no need of sleep to subdivide date and time. So do longings fit into the temporal scope of things? By the name alone, they must be as yet, unfulfilled. Standing outside of time, I can appreciate the perceived ability to define the world within it... but by happenstance?? Even outside of time, isn't everything subject to The Blueprint of Cosmic Design? Sherry's comment blows my mind, about the miracle of soulmate actualisation in any given lifespan. And well, well what Sage says... Signs, symbols and mirrors that are rapidly becoming clear glass panes. Your key lines are like the most beautiful tattoo of the heart. Totally indelible. And your beautiful words are like unforced streams flowing from a well-spring of life itself. Fertile and uncorrupt. Arcadian, TY Kate xx

This one is as deep as the universe.

Ron

Thank you for sharing your wisdom beautiful write.

Reflective tapestry. A sojourn through the forests of our minds using all that is natural to describe the terrain, nothing tarnished by the hand of man. We can reflect on the natural beauty, even climactic conflicts and calamities of existence.

Do we reflect enough on life?
Dai

Soulmates from the beginning of time:
"Your image was engraved into my soul
From the very beginning"
This poem is packed with acute images of love so powerful that even the "semblance of time" is evaded. "Mere happenstance" can change the course of the cosmos, or redefine it. -Outstanding and introspective write. Kudos!
~Butch

This says it all:

Your image was engraved into my soul
From the very beginning

You have proved to us that there is such a thing as soulmates through this well penned poem loaded with imagery.

~hugs~
Karen

Your image was engraved into my soul
From the very beginning

Truly timeless sentiments, Jude.

So many good lines here!

""And light transformed from the memory
Weaving through patterns of our lives""

Great message!

Beautifully penned and delivered
Excellent Reflection we
Great Message within mess, remained awake!!
Great Job!!
Love and Peace To You Always..Morning Star

Karmic excellance Jude ...
'We remained awake
Evading the semblance of time

By doing so
Transformed the credence of our longings' ... into the experiences You created! The most beautiful operative word is 'Awake'.
Great Work! ...
Suzie :-D

Very beautifully written...

Chrissy

A soulmate comes to us based on archetypal patterns in our psyche. I truly believe a soulmate is formed in the collective unconscious. Reflections digs into intrigue of patterns and symbols that make their way into our daily life, our thoughts and interactions with a soulmate. It is my belief inborn psyche establishes a soulmate long before we make a connection with the "One." It happens in later life when we most appreciate it. If you feel the "Other," your soul connection, then you are right. A soulmate helps one towards that path of healing, ultimately, the healing of, and the fulfillment of one's own self starts within one, and one's attitudes. Reflection could have been written many centuries ago from an age-old astronomer who used cosmic terms, synastry, yods, trines, ascendants and descendants, but then you know this, Jude, "We remained awake Evading the semblance of time."

Sage

Jude my friend...you are a master in your own right
Never cease to utilize your quill

Peter

You are able to fuse all times and places in your poems and make them beautifully mysterious,while being plausible. Not easy to do!
Exceptionl work!

Love,
Eileen

Stunning as always........

Beautiful reflection my friend, expressed wonderfully, enjoyed!
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling

i enjoyed the epic sensation delivered with this poem

As always Jude reading one of your reflection poems is like taking a flying carpet ride through time and space as you offer intimate glimpses of your thougths, ideas and dreams. Very good my friend.

Fee

Masterfully penned, Jude, you bring the complexity of the soul mate to a new level. Perhaps it is so that that bond transcends all of time and if, indeed, that is so, the physical realization of it in any lifetime is nothing short of miraculous.
Take care,
Sherry

Words so capably woven as a tapestry of images in the mind. Beautiful, Jude. A well-crafted poem, a pleasure to enjoy.
Love,
CJ

Most powerful effective offering....you stirred my emotions well with this masterpiece Jude!!

Well done mate!!

Love Tinka

Well said,

Michael

Well done

Wel penned and delivered

"mere happenstance" the eternal wonder of mortals. Excellent words here of knowing in this. Lady J

Well written Jude! holly

like the flow and the message-

Neruda could not say it any better (albeit he is dead) "So could not have" You gotta go grab that cosmos feller with both hands....

masterful writing about that which is most eternal and most relevant. particularly in love with lines 3 and 4. going now to dream of this, Dawn

Absolute beauty, deep and rich; exposing the bonds that exsisted before time itself.

As one who also tend to perch his thoughs on metaphores I find this poem not only of my like but very well written.
It said something to me......private.
Georg

Very well written with the right choice of words and a master's skill in metaphors.

George