El Dorado

twenty two years
searched and explored
as Raliegh, Fawcett,
and Quesada all had
on day eight thousand
and thirty six he
found the treasure that
eluded them and
driven some mad
not gold or silver
no precious jewel
not spice or balsam
nor life giving fountain
just the love of a lifetime
a found missing half

Poetry Scales 141