You Stirred My Soul Poem by Josephine Dunn

You stirred my soul
And woke something in my heart,
Let me sing to you.

You bring the gift of angels
You wake the music in my soul
Tell me darling where we’ve met before
I know you from days of old.
The looks we exchange
Take me back 500 years,
I’m sure since we last met
I’ve shed a million tears.

You stirred my soul
And woke something in my heart,
So I’ll sing for you.

We are two old souls
Who somehow lost our way
How did we part in ages past
And not meet again till today?
You can’t take away the memories
They come back in my dreams
How do we know each other
Tell me darling what it means.

You stirred my soul
And woke something in my heart,
Now I sing for you.

I think we were once lovers
Who promised to be true
Then something came between us
Whatever did we do?
Allow misunderstandings
To grow like rabid weeds
And let harsh words and arguments
Be stronger than good deeds.

You stirred my soul
And woke something in my heart,
I still sing for you.

You left in haste and anger
A quest you had to follow
I hoped that you would change your mind
And return on the morrow.
But destiny overtook us
And led you far away
I wept for you and bore your child,
You never saw that day.

You stirred my soul
And woke something in my heart,
I will sing for you.

So now we see each other
And recognise our fears
That we will make the same mistakes
We made in yesteryear.
But if we take it slowly
And try to make amends
We will find our love again
And remain forever friends.

You stirred my soul
And woke something in my heart,
Let me sing to you.

I will sing to you,
I will sing for you,
Let me sing to you.

October 2001