By Samantha Wortelhock
Original Painting and Limited Edition Giclee Size: 600 x 400 (24" x 16")

Soul Mate

I'm in love with him
She said
From her solitary sea bed
As she spoke to the moon
Her heart sang a song
And she thought of her man
Their love ever strong
But the timing, unlike their destiny
Was wrong

In light of that fact
There was space for a pact
A friendship for ever and ever
One giving space for every adventure
A knowing they would never part
There was only one thing
That didn't feel right...
The fact that you can't beat a heart

And so there he lay
With a love of his own
A source of fun and of spirited joy
And so there she sat
Looking up at her moon
Respecting all that she shares with her boy
All the time her soul was calling
For her to reach for the sky

There was only one place
They could safely be
In their dreams they
Came together
And flew as high as their love sent them
Over his ocean
Way past her Moon
On a path to their own sacred Heaven.

The Story Behind The Painting
Samantha was asked by a sick friend to join a meditation group she had formed to help support her through her illness. Five other people came once a week to meditate. Mike was one guy who came along and he had lost his wife some years before. Surfing had been his way of overcoming his grief. One day, after a perfect surf, Mike arrived at the meditation group. During the creative visualization exercise that evening, Sam saw Soul Mate. It shows a man, so in love with his surfing, that he has stripped naked and jumped in to bed with his board. On the beach sits the love of his life. Is she Mike’s wife or someone he is yet to meet? Read the poem and make up your own mind.