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Jeanne Vessantra's avatar

I liked your poem because I also feel that our desire for connection - for a divine, soulful, profound soulmate connection - isn't necessarily something idealised or something negative. It's something that is possible, and something we build over time. It's possible in the way that it becomes a mirror of our own soul, our own struggles, and who we are becoming.

THE EDEN PROJECT's avatar

it truly isn’t just another fallacy to hope for a soulmate. it never is and never was negative. a “soulmate” is someone poems use to describe a perfection version of a lover - it’s not necessary that they are born perfect or they are born your soulmate - it’s about being able to foster a connection with a soul to the point they naturally become your absolute. if someone is capable of being your soulmate - then they already are.

McKenna Joy Cupidro's avatar

This was so beautiful. All of it. But I couldn't stop rereading this "every night

I’d count the stars

and split my lunch between us

the way we should have done

if love found us

before your beauty

petrified a graveyard"

THE EDEN PROJECT's avatar

AWE THANK YOU!! IM SO GLAD YOU LIKED THOSE LINES. THEY’RE MY FAVOURITES.

McKenna Joy Cupidro's avatar

WOO! An extra win for me then :)

taylor jean's avatar

good god Eden 😅this is so damn good. when you said you had something about yearning i was unprepared for just how beautiful it would be. this reads like a love letter sent on the wind and carried into the stars. absolutely amazing 🤍

THE EDEN PROJECT's avatar

yeah - yearning is such a deep topic. i’ve always yearned for a soulmate - i used to write about love all the time and honestly it crushed me. thank you for your comment taylor - your support means the world to me.