Beyond

On the first day of last spring

He felt a tug in the proverbial string

As she walked into his universe

That began that very day 

With a divine aroma born into being

She was the epicenter of his existence

The meaning of his journey in every sense

His breath of esoteric air, she was, 

In the eternal sea of cosmic essence 

Her voice was the beacon

He never knew he searched for

And the depth of her soul-gazing eyes

Brought him to the sought-after shore

She knew too...

Of his heart that made hers beat

And of his angelic eyes 

With that profound seraphic gaze 

That smelled of divine flowers

And of everything sweet

His smile was the ethereal sky

That sheltered the clouds of her being

The container of her heart of imagination 

That breathed colors into a magical spring

They conversed about light from stars

And of worlds that could be

They witnessed the seasons

And the birds fold their wings by the tree

They talked of the mystical rains

That lived and rambled beyond the plains

And of rivers and oceans of glee

And the holistic fabric that made the sea

But on the last day of their first winter

They did not know

Their words of togetherness 

Would be like the words of a last letter

It would carry

The ambrosia of her essence 

That once was

But also a potion of existing nothingness 

That let their story pause

He no longer had his epicenter

Without life (her), 

His existence did saunter

He would sometimes smile

But it missed the glory that she adored

Fate took her, but not in entirety. Never.

For they have promised their bond 

To be beyond now and that of forever

Until then, he has their last words,

His treasure. 

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A Little Something:

This piece is written in a form similar (an inspired form) to a "Lay". Though a Lay generally follows a fixed rhyme scheme and is often written in octosyllabic verses, there are often Lays (one such written in the 13th century) that follows multiple rhyming schemes,  verses of different lengths, i.e. non-uniform stanzas, and varying syllables. 

The same has been done here, multiple rhyming schemes (but with a single rhythm) and verses with varying syllables. Of course, the quality is different. However, hope this piece conveys the love and narrative passion with which it was written. 

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