Short and vivid, an effective account of something that I, too, have experienced more than once.

Axilea

So true, love the rhyme n Meter in this Jude, different offering from you, very very deep!
Blessings as always
Ch'erie

and i do so love to travel...
well done, jude.
carolyn

I've never thought of my soul leaving me...but if it does, I'm sure it'll find it's way back, because I think that is who we really are. Your work always leaves me with much to contemplate....you never disappoint.

It is from time to time good to step away. It makes us appreciate our return and we can offer up new viewpoints and get crucial cosmic feedback from the messengers on our continued mission, of which some poets have been chosen. We know we've been chosen, encoded in our DNA is the answers to those who have chosen us but we can't remember, so yes, they are just "filling thoughts with mysterious faces." Good to see your name tonight, Jude.

s

Sounds to me like you had an autobody experience
Taking you on a voyage that your inner-spirit wants you to explore
I always enjoy reading your thoughts
and i found this to be a voyage of the heart!
Brilliant write!
Wishing you Peace Love and Light...Yolie

Jude, a sabbatical of sorts? Or perhaps a flight to renewal of spirit. A thought I had not before considered. "voyage". I like the concept. May you know peace joy and love my dear friend. Jon Michael

Out of this world:) Hugs,
Sheila

tight Robert

Your thoughts travel in high places as the atoms in your mind spin out solar systems of images.

Ron

a transformation we often need. enjoyed.

when you decide to rhyme you use it in subtle and beautiful ways!
I love this poem,because i can relate to soul transformations;-)
super,sir jude!

I hate to think of my soul leaving me even for a second. It is who I am. But, within the realm of poetry anything is possible. You've given us (as always) a lot to think about Jude.

Love and Blessings,
Marcia

Totally love the word play with "goldie lock" zone: so much of our habitual quotidian is in controlled "lock-down", and here we have the departing Goldilocks soul which, not content with sampling just all three bowls and all three beds in front of it, wanders off into the larger of all possible worlds in search and exploration not only of the House of Bears but of the universe of BigFoot himself! Voyaging, whether in time, space or experience, will always result in transformation which either consolidates or decimates that which has existed before. Our souls are very cognisant of what our minds are often not - that is, that there is no such thing as the status quo: either we are moving forwards or we are slipping back, but standing still is not an option. To this the "inner solar storm" also bears witness: always in perpetual motion, it scours pan-galactic highways and cosmic bazaars for blueprints and mysteries of gold.... And blimey, what was IN that Spanish red I had this evening?! xx

Jude,
Your soul does travel,
it goes to where your heart longs to be,
tenderly touching and learning
lovingly and spiritually.

It is in the motion of this travel
that spirit is found
spirit of mind, body and soul
Always going back to the source

Our soul speaks to us, if you listen, it contains all the wisdom that we have received for all the lifetimes we have lived. It is continually searching and absorbing more each time it travels..
Sometimes we search and search hopefully to find fulfillment.
This poem is a culmination of much soul searching..You are coming out of the darkness and into the light of your being...

Bon Voyage, Jude, Happy sailing! Mate...

Peace, light and love,
Amber

jude,

the wonderful thing about the soul is it may leave, but always manages to come back!
Beautiful write

Mary

well done

What a delightful write.
Who knows what will happen and transform in a man if he'd leave his cosy, comfy,prejudiced inner just right zone.

sometimes our soul leaves us
to travel on its own

Truly much Food for Thought here, my friend.

...exactly how it is, Jude, during my blackouts.

John

How well you bring this spiritual flight full circle. It is always good for the spirit to be released and return invigorated...

Be always safe,
Karen

my soul's on a no-fly list. it's going nowhere; but i wish it would. it needs a freakin' holiday man. i know, i'm insane. sorry. great work as usual. you're like the german car-manufacturer of poets. quality after quality after quality...........don't go changin' now.

Very true. Well written.

Truth is stranger than fiction. Thanks for reporting the such truths.

My sould has left and has yet to be seen back again yet...hopefully it found peace...e (maybe one day I will rejoin it)