Love He Sought

*(for the '3 Word Inspiration' challenge)

Love he sought  
Fought, fraught, and beset upon on all sides  
By the wolves of best manners  
Nice guys finish last  
His memories love to remind him  
Driving home their point like a bag of hammers  
Carnivorous of her soul  
Putting the lives of all others on hold behind him  
The attention of this clarion jewel defines him  
A queen without the need of a crown  
A king for the fact that she sits down  
On the throne beside him  
And outshines, without the least need of polish,  
All those others  
Now simply semi-precious in comparison  
She astonishes him with her rapt attention and adoration  
Her intelligence and admiration of a craft she so deftly performs  
She speaks and spills  
Her deepest wishes and wills him  
To join her in what he thought was a dream of his  
Standing there, hand outstretched  
An invitation much too welcome to ponder   
And they descend onto a bed  
Tying ribbons 'round their wrists  
As their alchemy persists  
'Til their lilac words evolve into adamant promises  
Above, beyond, and in-between  
Now official, this royal decree  
Rules and barriers shatter at their slightest touch  
A heavy din rises and announces them again  
Reborn from their lives before  
They now stand  
Or should I say 'lay'?  
As lovers bound with unbreakable bonds,  
Adamant promises,  
Lilac words,  
and sweet, frequent, meaningful kisses  
  
[Dedicated to my wife]