Eternal longings – a burden or a beacon?

Eternal Longings

My friend, do you know
the eternal longings –
to love and be loved,
to find a home
to belong,
to feel whole
and to be free?

Do you know the thirst of the soul
the hunger in the heart?
Those longings that linger,
keeping you awake at night,
as they try to find anchorage
whilst your thoughts
drift endlessly around the world?

These longings –
they refuse to settle halfway
they urge you forward
beyond the limits of the known
though the way is eternal
and the destination remains unseen.

My friend,
do you wonder
whether these eternal longings are a curse,
binding us to chase what always slips away?
Or are they a blessing,
whispering from our heart’s eternity –
a promise that somewhere,
beyond time and space,
these longings will find
their redemption?