I had always dreamed that one day you would be in my arms,

Little angel of hazel eyes I fully succumbed to your charms,

In a recent dream you were to one day become our Queen,

And I served you upon a stallion of white in my magical dream,

We surround a coach of gold that is pulled by unicorns of white,

And you are the most beautiful majesty ever seen by this knight,

Your unicorns were of magical breed with wings of muscular form,

So fast was this breed that they lost time flying into the storm,

Many a starlit night I watched the sky in search of but a clue,

Desperately I searched the skies when word finally came of you,

It is said that your unicorns flew high to secret islands in the air,

Numerous tales came to be of the Princess that lived “up there,”

As I watched the night sky I wished upon a star that I’d find you,

Wishes are like the air yet I prayed that my wish would come true,

I searched in desperate need of you as my heart beat true of blood,

In search I found a spiraling staircase that made my emotions flood,

Made of hand carved mahogany so opulent of gold trim and more,

This staircase of luxurious wood reached so high it seemed to soar,

In this dream of “loving you” I donned my armor to battle for you,

Round and up I went on this staircase of wood soaring into the blue,

For over a day I climbed as I went through the clouds of earth,

I reached the top exhausted from carrying steel that’s my girth,

Daylight found darkness as I arrived at the first isle floating in air,

Then I felt desperation set in as I saw there were other islands there,

To see I made way to the highest point of the mountain above the sea,

How many times has she filled my dreams with love and her loving me,

I have so little time as I must don my armor to re-enter our leader’s fray,

I am your man that will love you until my heart ceases one far away day,

“Return to me” sweet princess are the words you spoke that night,

I am here yet you are to be found somewhere amongst islands in flight,

For thirty days I searched for you my hazel eyed beauty of love at night,

Little nicknames I’ve placed upon you in memory of when I held you tight,

My heart will kill me I swear if I should find you’ve found another love,

My life has become so complex that I depart empty of the one I dream of,

In a spoken promise made by me, I said I would return to you this day,

My heart feels empty and dry as if the Sahara Desert is in my chest today,

Down the spiraled staircase of wood I went creating dizziness of my mind,

Round and down I went as emptiness filled my heart, is my heart love blind?

Across the sea I must go to fight the darkness of oppression for mankind,

My letters that turned you away are tormenting me, I may lose my mind,

This past year has been so unkind in every way you could think of,

Combat and death has filled my mind where once was toys and love,

I will cling to the artist rendition of you as I feel it’s my only piece of gold,

As well I will cling to the memory of two young hearts in each other’s hold,

True, my lady, I once felt I would soar like an eagle but I have doubts today,

My heart is scorched by dragon’s venom and belching fire that came my way,

With this emptiness of heart and lost hope I must return to our leader’s war,

What I do now is fraught with danger, oh how I wished I’d hold you once more,

It seems but a day has passed yet the calendar says it’s a month today,

Where I go this next day is fraught with danger and peril along the way,

Snow has covered the mountains I must cross to engage the enemy today,

As quickly as that month passed the enemy has bound me and had their way,

I am sad, I am low, I whisper my words of love for you from dungeons of hell,

Each brick is fired of red clay and I know each within my walls very well,

My broken flesh burns from the acidity of their urine yet the warmth is good,

Today I’m low, I could feel no lower if they continued beating me with wood,

I found that my heart loves you no matter what you could do to me,

While on the rack of torture my heart cried out for you across the sea,

My heart yearned for you while battle raged no matter where we fought,

Although my heart is filled with love for you, equal loneliness I have got,

I am to depart this hell today as they have traded the enemy’s man for me,

Somehow I will return to you and win your heart that our love can be,

Perhaps I can leave warring behind and only slay dragons for my due,

I must heal then journey by ship to return home to search for you,

I write this journal for record of what transpired in my absence from you,

How will I again find the stairway to the heavens through the sky blue,

I made a promise to return to you and I shall no matter what I do,

If once I journeyed into the blue then surely I can again if it was true,

It’s been near two years since I touched your lips and you went away,

Rumor has said your mother moved you away from me on that day,

I pray it’s not for another otherwise I fear I shall wilt until I’m done,

I will go to this land of Amohalko if I must in search of my only one,

I will find the stairway of opulence and climb to the isle in the sky,

Then forever build bridges to each sky island until I find you or I die,

At last I have made my way to the village where I once I held you tight,

I am weary of war and scarred by dragons of fire and traveling by night,

Famine has made poor of my family and I fear I must move them away,

Be patient my hazel eyed beauty, I swear I will return to you one day,

As I mount my steed to journey away I see a chariot of white on the hill,

My heart is beating through my chest can it be you in the chariot of steel,

Touch my hand and I will surely faint or please grant me but a smile,

Instead you have asked for my promise to return making all worthwhile,

In six long months I’ve returned to you and our story can begin anew,

It has been proven by my heart, sweet angel, I am eternally in love with you.

The end, by Pat. For Patti