Epilogue - She And The Seeker Of Fortune

The seeker returned, on a rainy September evening,
He was gone many months, to satiate his yearning,
But he had found his light, and his trove of fortune
But he knew not, what he'd lost, a truth from which there was no running.

He tore apart the village looking for signs
Of his beloved, and all he found were a few lines
That she wrote before she left for all time,
And it was then that he knew, he had lost his mind.

"Sweet Darlin' I love you more than anything", she wrote
"But I needed you now to be with me", went on, her tear-stained note,
"We want different things in life, i now understand,
So I set you free from my bond, we are no longer betrothed"

"I'm setting sail for a distant land,  for I have to forget
Living with and without you, neither of which I regret,
We'll only be happy when we follow what we desire,
I know this is hard, and almost unfair, but this where our Sun sets"

The hero, unfazed, set on a new quest again,
To find his love, he braved icy winds, snow and rain,
Every night he tried to understand what her words meant
Until one evening, he found her, and then he felt mind-numbing pain.

She seemed radiant and happy in another man's arms,
She let her head rest on his shoulders, she looked so serene and calm..
The Hero, earlier white with rage, slowly broke into a smile,
And headed back to his ship, studying the lines on his palm.