The soulmate

And in the crowd
I see you
from afar..
I miss you,
your face
differs
in the overstuffed suitcase
of memories.

And in a thronged square
you are in focus again
as if God himself
directs
universal spotlight
to you,
which
only I can see.

Dessy Tsvetkova, a Bulgarian currently living in Belgium, has 5 poetry books in Bulgarian, 1 in English, Wind Whispers. She has also compiled an anthology, River of Words. Dessy, a member of the Flemish Party for Poetry, won 1st place for poetry in the World Literature Festival in Brashov, Romania, 2022. Read other articles by Dessy.