Soul-mate

the measurement of a soul's mate
is not weighted in packaged words
or monied trinkets
nor in measured practiced looks

but in the heart's song,
the whispered non-sense of bodies-touch
that touch beyond body;
in eyes that see soul-deep
and gift the self unknown

the measurement of a soul's mate
is beyond measure, and beat, and time
it dances to music of the stars
and encompasses worlds in a single touch