Love, The Most Important Poem by Louise Tredoux

I knew these times with you would
colour my dreams for ever, would
inspire my thoughts for all eternity,
I knew that these memories would
stay with me until long after the loss
of my youth, I knew that life had
changed irrevocably, I could never
go back to what had been, and I
felt that was good, the new place
where I stood was right for me;
had been prepared from before
the beginning of time and meant
fulfilment of promises that other-
wise would wither and die

I knew with a superhuman certainty
what had happened was right for
me, that passion was what I was
born for, that fulfilment was what
I had longed for, that experiencing
this was the ultimate goal of my life;
that nothing else mattered; that as
long as I cherish these memories
and keep faith in your love; my
hopes could never be shattered;
I knew for the first time why love
was the most important thing
in the universe…