The Second Blush Of Love Poem by Anita Atina

The second blush of love
Is more careful than the first
Searching for that rare soulmate
Knowing that hurt lives round the corner
And isn’t worth provoking
But also that pain
Often precedes the joy we cherish


For the second blush of love
Knows that attraction purely physical
Takes you only so far
And as the sated haze lifts
The emptiness isn’t worth living with
And so the unconscious search for companionship begins
That’s not asking too much, or is it?


And sometimes, companions we do find
Friends, mentors, guides and guardians
Who enrich our soul
And joyful do the journey make
Banishing the curse of loneliness
But in our quiet moments
Returning to yearn, for that elusive soulmate


Like a mirage, our mate eludes
And like a fantasy, lures back the waiting heart
With hope, among a billion people
There must be one
Whose soul beats in harmony with mine
In whose eyes we see stories of the past merge
With love, this life brings


That special soul we recognize
With every atom vibrating in harmony
When found, tender and careful we are
Hoping this isn’t a chimera
But as real as the energies that joyfully leap
Between us every time we connect
In this second blush of love


To know this truth, makes life worthwhile
Even if we are separated by time and tide
Or age, culture and marriage
Or if this relationship has no future in this life
There are many more lives
Born across the seas of time, we have found each other
In this second blush of love


Assuming new avatars each time
As mighty priest and priestess
Or a humble shepherd and his mate
An artist and his muse perhaps
Or a magician and his sorceress
Our souls have sought each other, in all the lives that were
And those yet to come, to join in sacred harmony