the day after she left
he realized he loved her,
but before he left,
just to make sure,
he had to know the truth.

so he thought for a long while and asked his mind this,
"mind, this is a very important matter. i think i love her but before i go i must be sure. is she the one i was meant to find?"
his mind replied,
"my boy, i know nothing, it is your soul that you must ask of this."

so he spoke deep into his soul and asked,
"soul, please tell me, i must know, is this the girl who will be with me for all of time? Is it her I have been searching for?"
his soul replied,
"son, it is not i capable of such a request. it is the heart that will surely understand."

so he spoke to his heart and asked,
"is what im feeling true, will i love her forever beyond eternal measures?"
"this is no question for the mind, the soul, nor the heart. we know as much as you allow us to know. it is fate. fate is far more than what we could only hope to be. find fate."

so the boy went out to look for fate.
he searched and searched but could not find it.
he spent years in hope of finding out his destiny
but felt as though his time was
running out.

and then,
on the day he thought about giving up
there
across the waters
the sun
perfectly placed over the horizon,
he saw that
in the distance
sat a girl.

fate.