Where Does Your Soul Lie?


Your soul:

deepest of the deep
within you
life's swirling eddy
sucking down the
this and that
of the world
meant to be the truth
of you
of each human
but . . .

Where does your Soul lie?

In your touch -
supposed feelings
intertwined
yet the cooler temperature
of your reality
seeps through . . .

In your eyes -
melding of minds
or is it
you withdraw
before the union
is complete . . .

In your heart -
beating not for me
nor anyone, does it
for yourself
or just mechanically
keeping you alive

In your mind -
thoughts of what
you believe another
might offer,
presuming your right
toward greed

Where does your soul lie?

For it is lies
which sound
the very loudest
each time
you mistake tenderness
for lust

any instance
in which
you forsake compassion
for desire

every moment
which finds
you assuming sincerity
for yourself . . .


� K.E.Cline, 1/26/99
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