Love Poem: Love's Lonely Quest
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Written by: Rick Rucker

Love's Lonely Quest

Love’s Lonely Quest Are we programmed from Above To search for everlasting Love? Or is it from some other place To seek the Other’s lovely face? Is it some cruel joke, That those that love us might not stoke Our hearts with joyful ardor But might make us search far harder? Do we have a missing piece That finding it will increase Our joyful sense of self And cause us to take our heart down from the shelf? Are you prone to settle? For The Quest, have you the mettle? For your search, you will be bullied And your name will be sullied Some will think you are quite daft That you seek, in this boiling sea, a raft Almost sinking, you seek a Spirit Whose voice will lift you, when you hear it Driven closer to the rocks, Drawn in by some golden locks You can hear the waves a-crashing With each one, your hopes they’re dashing You struggle on, hour by hour Your countenance does stay quite dour Your head is now below water Like a lamb, led to slaughter, You will, in seconds, confront Death Unable more to draw a breath Suddenly, you see a light A rescue beacon splits the night A rescuer has thrown a ring This really changes everything! A moment before, pure disaster And now your heart beats much faster The one that has saved your life Has consented to be your Wife! Now we must both get to shore To live in Love forever more! I know that we can make it Any trouble, we can take it Those troubles that are too big for one, Can, with two, easily be done I must tell you, though not fun The QUEST can lead you to the Sun Where you will live out all your days In Love’s warming rays!