While walking down the cracked and weathered path of my life I caught my first glimpse of another path through a hole in the hedge, your path. At first I didn't think much of it, for the path I walked had me very distracted with all its loose rocks and potholes, so I pressed on. But a few miles farther I saw it again, I was fascinated. So in an act of desperation to leave the weary path I walked, I jumped from the paved cracked road and started towards yours. As I got closer I began to see that this path was much like mine, possibly even worse. I stopped. Looked back at the road I have so blindly veered off of, and then back at yours.
Suddenly I saw you coming up from a distance. I was shocked at first, that such an ugly path could hold such a beautiful traveler. As I watched you come closer I felt a spark in my chest, never had I seen anything so elegant and beautiful. While I starred in amazement I noticed a wall that ran between us, it was a rather large wall, made of crystal. Instantly I was filled with discouragement as the desire to be there with you grew. you looked so lonely on this dark path. Every fiber of my being went out to you as you came even closer, but still, there was a barrier. A sudden blast of desire and love grabbed me and I scaled the wall, jumping down into the forbidden path. Little did I know what the consequences of such an unlawful act entailed.
I wasn't there long before I began to grow fearful of this new path, I had broken written and unwritten laws by being there. I had wanted so badly to be there, but now that I had done it, in such an untimely matter, there were consequences. the guilt and fear surrounded me with darkness and confusion, until it became a physical entity. This formless conglomerate quickly overcame me and threw me back over the wall. As I flew over the wall I felt a tearing sensation in my chest, not painful, but not comfortable, or normal.
two weeks passed
finally I woke
even though I had spent my whole life walking this path I now felt lost and confused. Nothing looked familiar even though I knew nothing had changed. I realized that I had left a part of myself on the other side of that wall. I looked down. I was surrounded by a pool of blood. startled i jumped back, looking for where the pool had come from. My eyes frantically traced a crimson river, leading from the wall too the pool before me..........and then to my feet! The blood was coming from me! This was my blood on the ground!
I tore my shirt off and starred in horror at the gaping hole in my chest where my heart used to be. Looking back across the way through the translucent wall, for a split second I saw you standing there, gently caressing my heart. I felt a strange warmth in my chest, as if there was some sort of wireless connection between this hole and the organ that once filled it. Delirious from blood loss, I stumbled back to the wall , knowing that I didn't have to strength to get back over on my own. I collapsed to the ground and cried out in agony as I began to slip in and out of consciousness.
All of a sudden your beautiful hand came through a hole in the wall holding a white jar. you opened the jar and pulled out what I instantly recognized as your own heart. You carefully placed it into the cavity of my chest and immediately the walls closed up around it.
I felt like I had just woken up from a nineteen year long dream. The amazing warmth and power that came from this new heart filled me with unimaginable happiness and love. I looked up and saw your face watching me lovingly through the wall. Everything I had ever known was now meaningless, all I could think about was you. I gave a pained smile as I remembered what happened the last time I tried to be with you. But as if you can read my mind you nod to the north, further down the path. I quickly look over and to my astonishment see that the wall has an end, and at the end I see a beautiful new road, to which both our paths lead. I fall to the ground once more, this time crying tears of joy. I can finally see an end to the loose rocks, potholes, and weeds that i have known for years. finally I can walk the last few hundred feet of this path with a goal in sight. I dont know exactly how far away this new path is but I can see it and I know it is within reach.
I love you, and that will only grow more and more true with time.