A Stranger's Scent Poem by James Darwin Smith II

A stranger's scent
Aromatic of a heavenly essence
Creating visions
Of endless beauty woven
By naturalistic perseverance
Guided by earnest ambitions
Working so hard
To achieve peace
Above and beyond


I have not a clue
Of whom you may be
But it is as if
I have known you
For forever long
Hereafter
Thereafter
And everywhere in between


In dreams
You are always there
Smiling ever so magically
Beaming bright lit fantasies
Caring with warmth
With so much compassion
Never putting out any judgement
Loving me for who I am
Never second guessing me
Taking me all for who I am
Looking past all of my flaws


I always thought
You were someone certain
The soulmate of my lifetime
Then this muse
Would show me otherwise
As each experience
Would keep me second guessing
Of what love meant to everyone


But as years went by
Wisdom kept coming through
Showing me that your importance
Was much more stronger
Than any deceit


As misery once blocked
These very dreams
Right in front
Of these wondering eyes
I saw cracks forming in the foundation
As light started peering through
Becoming brighter and brighter
Than I ever knew
Light has shined before
Destroying the phantom walls
Of my own disillusion


It was your aura
Always was your aura
As time never existed
Within the presence
Of your enduring
Eternal soul


Upon your energy
You make this heart sing
In the excitement of true love
Feeling as if I was young again
Free from any burdens
That these years have left
Me in the dust
Of self an agonizing defeat
In the vanquishing
Of my own identity
That once lingered
In the deep far reaches
Of my own mentality
Festering these thoughts
Against the will of any faith
That tried coming to save
Me from myself
In the full spectrum
Of whom I was as a whole


It used to be so painful
To always guess
Of whom you truly were
Many faces, many facades
As if fate kept giving me
False hope as a joke
In the expense
Of my broken heart
But there you are
Always floating
In what always seemed
An endless continuum
Someway, Somehow


I have lost many tears
Confused of why things were
Perhaps I let myself
Go in so many wrong directions
Thinking I never deserved
The kind of love
You give unconditionally
With the spirit
The guidance
That was always there
To give me so much hope
Dreaming beyond
Any dream
That I never knew existed before


All is still unknown
Somewhat still in the dark
But with all that I have
With every last bit
Of this very strength
I shall always be brave
Mustering all the things
That will try blocking me
In my road paved with
The journey to personal redemption


I smell you
The fragrance
Of a flowery grace
And as time goes on
It seems your scent grows stronger
It even stays around longer


Are you an Angel?
Or perhaps the future
Awaking me
Telling me
That these dreams
Are mine for the taking
Only to share them
In so many different ways


Perhaps both
In some way or another
As these answers
Are one giant epiphany
That I have been
Waiting for
This entire lifetime
Maybe there is so much more
Than this


With your guiding light insight
Shining within this brand new being
I shall always strive to live on
All for the better
All for this self
Shining love onto others
In a great understanding
Of universal prosperity


Your love is in fact universal
Eternal in a graceful longevity
Always dedicated
To the purest intent
Always waiting for me
When it feels so safe
For me to dream
After each nightmare
Tries to do me in


You are a stranger now
Yet, this memory will come back
Only to find everything it was missing
Spreading good fortune and faith
Straight into this heart
As this soul shall fly in ways
It has always dreamt before


Perhaps it is better this way
To recapture the feeling
Of being loved
Fully and even more


A stranger's scent
Is the blueprint
To the love I have
Only felt in short spurts
The very dreams
I always wished to be prolonged


The future not known
The past sown shut
Only to open up
In the celebration
Of loving someone
Feeling loved
Even more


A stranger's scent
May be a prophecy
Of better days
Yet to come


Through it all
No matter
Where this destiny goes
From myself to others
There will always be, Love


And this I know for sure