The Boy In The Wood

How I met her

He kept moving on, going to that one place where I got the voices far away in the woods. By the roadside he found this: it was a crystal cave in the middle of the woods. Abandoned with no care reflects the attitude of mankind; after being done with something, that thing becomes trash ready to be disposed of.

It was an ordinary cave. It was a rare beauty. “how can I describe such beauty with no names”, he wondered. It means an attribute has been given to it still. But he called it “ mbong” which means the light within lights. The cave’s beauty caused him to look and search for adjectives and nouns, but he found it nonexistent to the type of beauty he had just encountered.

Mbong is a good name “ he thought”, smiling as he advanced towards the entrance. Never have I ever thought of seeing you, my love! Your glow is on a different level.

Now that I have seen you! I won't leave you for any reason. Indeed, there is a reason for everything, the reason to love, the reason to meet with those you love, and the reason never to neglect the little things, but most importantly, is to bring value or give meaning to the things we hold dear to us. Mbong" I never thought of meeting someone like you, not to talk of meeting you in person. Remember it is a dream. I don't want anyone to wake me from it. Why had you been abandoned, he wondered? within, as he approached the Crystal cave, with the lights emanating from within it he kept his cool, then changed the way he walked, with fear yet with peace as he got to the entrance of the majestic crystal cave.

Nothing can hold me back from reaching my dreams," he said.". Seeing you in my dreams, and visualizing you from the very start of my journey, has brought me to you finally. There is nothing to ask for more than being with you for the rest of my life. I wished that were true. You showed me the sufferings and desperation the world craves, which means you won't belong to me alone but to the world as a whole.

The lost mystic seed is what the world wants, the very essence of which man's greed left us behind. I feel so tired already thinking about the lives lost in poverty and depression, those lying in the graves with all those untapped talents. The grave, the five-letter word, is as powerful as life itself. We all end up seven feet below with no respect for the rich, poor, and ugly. All the reminiscing about the world coming to an end or already ending won't take us. Anyway, the best way for us to live is to be grateful for each passing day, because it is a gift we should hold with care.

Sorry Mbong, the precious gift of my heart belongs to you and you alone. What can we do? The world has lost its essence and touch of love. The cave conveys a lot of information about nature and the purpose for which they appear where they are! The beauty of the crystal cave is that it brings out the purity of everything within and without. That's how important Mbong is to me. Because we are going to both bring beauty to each other.