The Travellers Search

I wandered beyond the mists of the horizon,
Travelling far and away.
My quest; so vast
Flying upon the wings of life,
Into the sun,
In search of answers.

Upon the plains,
Basking beneath the morning light.
I looked in caves,
Caverns,
I looked for my solitude.
In search of loneliness,
I traveled from the deepest pits,
To the highest peaks.
And then,
With an exasperated smile,
I turned inside,
And found,
Within the shell of my heart,
The glowing pearl,
Of my loneliness.

Bruised and scarred,
But with slight contentment,
I set out upon another journey.
Beneath the falls of the elixir,
In search of the fountain,
That shall bless me with youth, eternal.
Underneath the colors of the evening sky,
I was lost.
Once more,
Before I gave up,
I turned inside to find,
The child of youth,
Playing upon my hearts field.

‘Joy to the world…’
The tribesmen chanted,
Celebration, jubilation,
They danced to the miracle of life.
I looked within the babe’s eyes,
Blue and bright,
And through its dark passage,
I found at its end,
Within its new born heart,
The flower of joy,
Its fragrance, so sweet.
The innocence, blissful.
And so lies the essence of the fragrance.
I turned inside to find,
My own flower of joy,
Dry and wilted,
The infestation of my most shallow desires,
The dusts of my deeds.

I ran from town to town,
City to city.
I looked for the perfect companion,
A soul so much like mine,
But soon,
I knew I need not the body,
But the key to release me.
No candy hearts got me them,
Nor did Jewels or Orchids
All I found was a reflection,
In the mirror of my soul.
The lonely heart yearns not much,
But love,
To set it free.
And I turned inside,
My heart admonished me:
" Love seeks you,
thou shan't seek."

I yearned for Gods paradise,
Feared the fiery pits of hell.
No field, no meadow divulged me heaven,
No forest fire, no stones belly revealed me hell.
I searched for days; even weeks,
Looking for the two world’s.
Alas! Me the fool!
I should have looked within sooner,
Where I found both worlds,
Existing in perfect harmony,
In my universe.
Waiting for their release.

So much within me existed,
And I had shuffled and crawled on,
Just to catch glimpses of what I had all along.
So finally a smile broke upon my wrinkled face,
I mocked myself.
I found so much,
All I looked for…
Also found what I did not look for…
Look within,
Seek from your soul,
And all the answers,
you shall see...