Sometimes Love can come in the strangest ways. Like when you meet someone - and you know there is no logical basis for sustaining the feelings, yet they live on and grow. It is like some sort of deliciously mysterious gravity that pulls me toward her, and no matter what I do or who I see, that gravity always tugs at the deepest depths of my soul. I could be a man with much, yet would gladly set it all aside for one, this one. There is so much I see, so much potential I feel. I talk to her, and am enthralled in her. I look upon her, and my heart leaps within my chest, clamoring for the love it knows is near. I walk with her, and I am transported into a new world of ecstatic visions and fantastic splendor. If only I could hug her but alas, I could never let her go.

I sing her songs in the night when no one can hear. I think of her all day long. What I wouldn't give to have those precious, loving hands running through my hair, my arms wrapped gently yet firmly around her, holding her oh, so close -- to hold her face against mine; to kiss her so softly and lovingly, exchanging and sharing the magic within us; to gaze into those beautiful eyes and marvel at her; to lay down with her beside a soft fire and watch the stars smile down upon us, shooting across the midnight sky. How breathless we would be, our hearts beating in unison as we lay in awe at the universe, and at each other. We could speak for hours without ever uttering a single word, our sparkling eyes telling words of love and revealing mysteries that the tongue would never dare. I would have her cuddled in my arms forever for alas, I could never let her go.

But life can be so cruel sometimes. One can meet the right person at the wrong time and miss it all. No sparkling sunsets over the crystal sea, no Elysian homes on majestic mountains, no walks through Earth Mother's finest with the Gods' most wonderful princess; just a pen full of stories and a heart full of dreams, only to be lived out by another. I could take another to kill the time, but would I wish to risk it all in a dangerous game that could lead me to heartbreak and loneliness? Methinks it best to be alone with my dreams than to pretend with another; for whether I ever gain the love I see before me or allow it to live in my world of fantasy, I will never let her go.