It's Been a Long, Long Time

In every life I think I would find you

In every life
I think I would find you

not always easily

maybe in one life
you are a soldier
with tired eyes
at the edge of a ruined city

maybe I am the girl
selling apples
in the square

pretending not to notice
how softly
you look at things

maybe in another
we are both birds
or deer
or ghosts

or trees
growing toward each other
over the same old road

maybe it takes years
for our roots to intertwine
but they do

maybe I pass you
in a train station
and spend the rest of my life
wondering why
a stranger’s face
felt some significant

but somehow
eventually
I think my soul
would recognize yours

not because it is loud
but because it is warm

because something in me
has always known
the shape
of your coming

and when you arrive
in every world

I imagine myself thinking
I don't know who you are
but

finally

It's been a long 
      long time.

Hello friends, I hope you enjoyed your peek into my diary today.

I am starting a new project called The Muse Jar, where I am writing poems for people. I have had so much fun so far, and it has really helped me take time off of school work to write.

For the month of June, I hope to write one Muse Jar poem a day to keep the joy flowing during my classes, and hopefully help pay for them.

If you want a poem, it is free to submit a prompt! Donations and paid subscribers will be prioritized, and once I reach ~50 poems I hope to make my first Muse Jar collection. You can submit a word, wish, random emoji, anything you want. You can also choose to be credited/tagged, or anonymous.

I think I will be able to write all donation prompts, however I do say “maybe” just incase the subject matter is not appropriate to cover my bases 😅.

Submit once, submit fifty different times, whatever you feel! I am just so thankful and happy you are here!