Wife to Be

"Go then," she told me,
"Over brook and stone,
over mountain and valley,
away from home,

off let you be
to find the one
who in your eye you see
fit to be
your beloved."

And I travelled far
and looked around
and met a few
who have not bound
my heart with love.

I have not found
that intimate passion -
for I still tread on the ground.

But now I've found you -
you've awoken my inner.
Time has passed, and so has my mother
but in you I see her.