The Never Ending Quest

I’ve searched high, and I’ve searched low.
From all the intricacies of the bustling city
throughout the vast wide open spaces of the countryside.
I have crossed oceans and climbed mountain tops
so far up- I high-fived a cloud.

Like a concerned mother
scouring the grocery store for her lost child;
Here I am searching for my one beloved.
What lies beyond the farthest star?
It must be what I seek.

Within the curvy valley,
or somewhere near the twin peaks?
I must complete my quest.
Like the gilded hero,
I will not rest day or night
until I can find my captured princess.

The dancing animals that hung above my crib
were just out of my reach.
They sang a beautiful lullaby
as they paraded in a merry go round of joy.
Such is what I desire, a beauty just beyond my reach,
ballet dancing in the gallery of my thoughts
to The Carnival of Animals that played above my crib.

Fond memories are but plastic bags in the wind
compared to the real thing.
What I seek I once had, but lost.
I would trade the moon and give up the ocean’s shore
If I could just gaze upon it once more.

Though I search still,
I can see what lies in my mind.
Like a moth to the flame
I’d sooner be burned than turn away.
A sun-kissed peach
ripened with morning dew- nature’s beauty.
Oh, how I miss…..The booty.