Have you ever wondered what it truly means to find your soulmate?
Here are 10 soul-stirring poems that beautifully explore the magic and mystery of discovering your soulmate.
Each poem offers a glimpse into the depth and wonder of such bonds, inviting you to reflect on your own experiences or aspirations.
Let’s jump right in!
My favorite poem about soulmates
#1 “Destiny” by Edwin Arnold
Somewhere there waiteth in this world of ours soul,
Each choosing each through all the weary hours,
And meeting strangely at one sudden goal.
Then blend they, like green leaves with golden flowers,
Into one beautiful and perfect whole;
And life’s long night is ended, and the way
Lies open onward to eternal day.
This poem draws my attention by illustrating the mystical journey of finding one’s true match.
It evokes the idea that life’s challenges are but a prelude to the joy and completeness found in unity.
I’m inspired by how it suggests that meeting a soulmate transforms life’s struggles into a harmonious existence.
9 more poems about soulmates
#2 “I Am Thine” by Anonymous
I am thine, thou art mine,
And this shall be a sure sign:
Locked fast thou art
Within my heart,
And lost forever is the key;
So thou inside must ever be.
#3 “A Lover’s Journey” by Rudyard Kipling
When a lover hies abroad
Looking for his love,
Azrael smiling sheathes his sword,
Heaven smiles above.
Earth and sea
His servants be,
And to lesser compass round,
That his love be sooner found!
#4 “What Love Is” by Edward Powys Mathers (from the Arabic)
Love starts with a little throb in the heart,
And in the end one dies
Like an ill-treated toy.
Love is born in a look or in four words,
The little spark that burnt the whole house.
Love is at first a look,
And then a smile,
And then a word,
And then a promise,
And then a meeting of two among flowers.
#5 “My Heart’s Treasure” by J. G. F. Nicholson
Saw it in the visions of the night—
The jewel-casket of my soul—and gazed
Upon its priceless gems; there rubies blazed
And glittering diamonds flashed back the light;
As planets of the heavens they shone bright
With glowing beauty worthy to be praised,
But, still unsatisfied, my eyes half dazed
Sought out one lustrous pearl that shrank from sight.
Then in my dream (Oh, love, such dreams are true!)
On that pure pearl my gladdened glance I set,
Rejoiced all other jewels to forget,
And cried your name, for, dearest, are not you
Deep hidden in my heart from all men’s view?
My life’s best star, my soul’s one amulet!
#6 “Happy Love” by Charles Mackay
Since the sweet knowledge I possess
That she I love is mine,
All nature throbs with happiness,
And wears a face divine.
The woods seem greener than they were,
The skies are brighter blue;
The stars shine clearer, and the air
Lets finer sunlight through.
Until I loved, I was a child,
And sported on the sands;
But now the ocean opens out,
With all its happy lands.
#7 “Oh, No—Not E’en When First We Loved” by Thomas Moore
Oh, no—not e’en when first we loved,
Wert thou as dear as now thou art;
Thy beauty then my senses moved,
But now thy virtues bind my heart.
What was but Passion’s sigh before,
Has since been turn’d to Reason’s vow;
And, though I then might love thee more,
Trust me, I love thee better now.
Although my heart in earlier youth
Might kindle with more wild desire,
Believe me, it has gain’d in truth
Much more than it has lost in fire.
The flame now warms my inmost core
That then but sparkled o’er my brow,
And, though I seem’d to love thee more,
Yet, oh, I love thee better now.
#8 “A Question” by H. I. D. Ryder
My heart, I will put thee a question,
Say, what is love, I entreat?
Two souls with one thought between them,
Two hearts with a single beat.
And say whence love comes hither?
Here he is, we know, that is all.
When he goes tell me how and whither?
If he goes, ‘t was not love at all.
And what love loves most purely?
The love that has no self quest.
And where is the deepest loving
Where love is silentest.
And when is love at its richest?
When most it has given away.
And what is the tongue love useth?
The love that it cannot say.
#9 “To Anne” (Costello, Translator) by Clément Marot
When thou art near to me, it seems
As if the sun along the sky,
Though he awhile withheld his beams,
Burst forth in glowing majesty:
But like a storm that lowers on high,
Thy absence clouds the scene again;—
Alas! that from so sweet a joy
Should spring regret so full of pain!
#10 “Twin Stars Aloft” by Charles Kingsley
Twin stars, aloft in ether clear,
Around each other roll alway,
Within one common atmosphere
Of their own mutual light and day.
And myriad happy eyes are bent
Upon their changeless love alway;
As strengthened by their one intent,
They pour the flood of life and day.
So we, through this world’s waning night,
Shall, hand in hand, pursue our way;
Shed round us order, love, and light,
And shine unto the perfect day.