another treasure

soulmate A lent me her "precious book" - she brought it to st paul yesterday and i saw her reading it. she showed me a couple of lines from the prelude.. and i just knew i had to borrow it from her (hey.. i promise i'll return it to you in mint condition - er.. rather, the same condition you lent it to me hehe :p)

here are the lines that she let me read.. a couple of words that got me hooked, hehe. it's simply the prelude.. but it's really great. anyway, here they are..


A Prelude

"Love can mend your life but love can break your heart." So sang Sting in the Police's classic, "Message in a Bottle." How true. Sometimes you wonder whether it's worth all the pain. Someone once said that the only way to really love someone is to know that someday, they're going to go away. But who wants the person they love to go away? Why can't people live happily ever after like they do all the time in books and movies?

You sort of wish you could just walk up to a computer and it would give you a complete listing of all your possible soul mates on the planet, including their ages, addresses and telephone numbers. And you'd just go merrily on your way searching for them and not waste time on unnecessary diversions. When you do find the, you'd get a certificate or guarantee that the love would last forever. Then we'd all spend a hell of a lot less time worrying about it and maybe more time planting flowers and medicinal herbs, saving bear cats, and protesting nuclear testing in the ocean.

As it is, the word "forever" has some limitations. And love? We either still have to go through this painful trial and error thing or we just sit around hoping it'll fall on our laps. And when we do find it, we worry about losing it.

But love is love. And poor hapless souls like me don't have much control over it.