"Scuse me ma'am, may I be of help?"
the kindly clerk at the desk inquired.
I just stood in mute silence,
not quite sure what should be replied.

"This is the loves lost dept?" I asked
A sagely nod was his reply
"Somehow I've found my way here,
though I'm still not quite sure why"

"Ah" he said, as he studied my face,
"you've lost a love, I can see it in your eyes.
Well this is the place for you my dear,
why don't you take a look and try one on for size"

I flipped through tomes full of lost loves
"Oooo this one is you" he excitedly said.
resignedly i nodded yes "Okay i'll give this a try"
but with a frown came his reply, "Sorry, recently wed"

For hours we sat and browsed the tomes
"This one here" I pointed and nodded my head
his hand reached out and caressed my arm
"Unfortunately, that one is long dead"

He looked at me with total warmth
his fngers gently wiped away my tear
"Don't fret so" and his arms embraced me
"We'll find one yet" he whispered in my ear.

In a moment I forgot my frantic search,
my heart felt more at ease.
He brushed his hand gently across my cheek
"Had enough yet?" he asked, "Oh no, keep going please"

The tomes were cast aside, left fallen on the floor.
Nothing mattered as our eyes they met,
my heart skipped a beat as his lips brushed mine.
Then he whispered, "Found your love yet?"

Loves lost and found, read the sign on the door.
Stacked neatly against one wall,
were boxes of tomes full of loves lost.
And I had searched them all

"I believe I have", I said to him....
Tenderly we kissed as I closed my eyes.
"I think that I have found mine too"
he said to me,
.......amid contented sighs.

Penned by my hand on the 12th of Haernos, in the year 85 MA.