The Love of His Life

She left him, snuffing out the flames of happiness,

Dark clouds hung over his life,

He had lost it all,

There was no reason to live.

He set on a journey to retrieve her,

Through bumpy roads,

Through treacherous paths.

All this, for the love of his life.

He encountered sea monsters,

Inner devils,

And Satan himself,

But nothing could stop him, from his find for the love of his life.

He journeyed for 20 years,

Through heaven and hell,

Through sky and oceans,

All this, for the love of his life.

The Gods were shaken to see such devotion,

Of a young man,

In search for the love of his life.

Then while wading through a sea of lava,

An island rose from beneath it,

There stood a woman,

Surrounded by beautiful tulips, the love of his life.

She radiated Beauty, calm, wisdom and love,

Curls of hair dancing in the heat of the wind,

Her eyes were azure blue,

Just like that of the young man.

He looked at her with misty eyes,

After 20 years he had found her at last.

She smiled, a magical sight, much as a spring flower blooms open.

He managed to force out a word to the love of his life.

“Mom!”