Lost Soul

i treated you the way i did
because of who i am,
and not because or in spite of
what you had done to me

you treated me the way you did,
because of who you are,
and not because or in spite of
how i had dealt with you

i loved you
because in you
i saw a beautiful soul
and in the beautiful soul,
i chose to see my god

you unloved,

unsaw and unthawed,

despite seeing a beautiful soul

and in the beauty of that selfless soul, 

you remembered the god, 

you'd seen before

how, still, could you become a lost soul?

© sashikant mohanty