Never-ending Quest...

I was looking for courage

I searched high and low,

In the mighty mountains, in the deep sea

Bruised and broken, I didn't find it.

I was searching for wisdom,

It took me to different places, different faces

No wise men could provide the answers

I appeared to be no wiser.

I began my hunt for faith

I went to temples, churches and mosques

My pilgrimage seemed never ending,

At the end of it, I knew no God.

I started in pursuit of love

Tales of heroic romance, historic monuments

Nothing could quench my thirst,

My craving only grew.

The years passed by, the miles stretched on

My face showed signs of weariness

My heart wanted to give up,

There seemed to be no answers.

Summer changed to autumn, autumn to winter

I lay, praying for Death to come.

Praying for the other life to provide me answers

Hoping for God to come and show me the way.

Death came, so did God

He took me on a heavenly ride

To a world so beautiful, so happy

But the raging sea inside me knew no calm.

Then the answer stuck me,

Walking blindly on my road of quest,

I had forgotten to look in a hidden place

The place where all the answers lay...

Inside me.