Soul Twin's Plea

For each of us there are many soul mates,
But only one soul twin.
Fate does not always bring them to us,
And we weep.
Knowing they are there,
Must somehow be enough.
The one we need joins not with us,
Leaving a jagged hole in our heart.
Life's blood gushes out un-replenished,
Into the emptiness left inside.
Each day they are sorely missed,
Like a lost child, mother or father.
What is fate's cruel game,
That we would meet but not be one?
No matter how we meet our twin,
Souls join easily as one.
When one dies we take a part,
Of our twin's soul with us.
A part held in our heart,
Till the day our twin returns.
Why does God do this,
To his children He loves so dearly?
It seems to us, my God,
This must be our Hell.

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