paradise abandoned

Once upon a time there was a man with passion for life who met a woman with the same passion for life and together they sailed the seas of life on a beautiful yacht. They shared many wonderful experiences and nurtured and cherished each other. They met people on their travels and all whom they met were touched by their togetherness, their love and compassion for each other and those whom they met.

He had strength and she blossomed with him. He knew every part of her and he nurtured her. She nurtured him but there was a part of him she did not know. She trusted him absolutely and felt she would be safe with him, she allowed herself to love and trust him.

Then one day a storm brewed the man left his beautiful companion and he went to the aid of a broken boat. When he got there he was captured and told that the innocent would suffer unless he fixed the boat and took responsibility for all those on it. He could have brought them to the beautiful yacht but they would not consider this. That was a world they disapproved of.

He did as he was told, fixed the boat and focused his attention on those for whom he felt a loyalty and duty. He was told his life on the beautiful yacht was not real,  it was a delusion and he accepted this. He was strong after his time on the yacht and felt nourished inside and able to cope with the broken boat and make it seaworthy.

But by abandoning the woman with whom he had found love and meaning, he had broken her spirit and she did not have the energy to withstand the storm or to steer the yacht full of memories. For her their time together was real, not a short term delusion, for her it was the pinnacle, finally she had found meaning in her life and her soul mate.

The yacht sank in the violent storm and the beautiful girl was left to drown. No one heard her cries for help, no one cared about her pain and her suffering in the water, she did not count. She had served her purpose, to make him strong and give him happy memories.

And the people in the broken boat were too obsessed with protecting themselves and their property, they had no compassion for her. They saw her as the cause of their problems, and felt it right that she should be abandoned.

And so it was, she died alone and broken inside. That part of him which she had never really found out about had taken over. She had been an option not a priority in his life and like all options could be discarded.

And so the family on the broken boat lived a long and contented life cozy in their empty togetherness, never once considering the price she had paid for their contentment.

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