I lived during a
warring age.
A time in history,
where young men were fueled
with ambition,
while others with rage.
I fought for the
land of Shu,
sharing the dreams and wishes of my Lord Liu Bei.
I
served as his great tactician,
against the rivaling kingdoms; of
Wu and Wei.
Even in these harsh times,
there was one soul I
came to adore.
This one tale never told, never mentioned in the
pages of my book.
"Mastering the Art of War".
Yue
Ying was her name.
She was so plain and yet beautiful
So smart
and yet humble
Never did I imagine, she would be my
everything.
In the beginning; I heard rumor of her unique
abilities,
but a lie accompanied it too.
Stating she had no
trance of beauty,
But as any lie goes, this was entirely
untrue.
Soon after, I set out to make my life.
Traveling
mile after mile,
All in hopes to meet this remarkable
woman.
Hoping she would become my wife.
When I reached my
journeys end,
I met the woman behind the lies.
A Simple
greeting was only held.
I was to stay only for a day, but it
turned to several nights.
My last day had come to pass,
But
before I could ask for her hand,
She took several steps before me
and said:
"Draw your weapon high and fight me now at
last"
Reluctantly, I did what I was told,
finding it
hard to fight such a heart of gold.
We fought at what felt like
forever.
till finally, I emerged the victor.
Now fallen to
her knees; All in utter defeat with a weary voice.
"Take me
with you, I shall follow behind to where ever you are to go"
A
smile played upon my face as I took her hand in mine and held it
tight.
"Follow not behind, nor in front of me. Walk beside me
as my loyal wife"
She looked at me with her golden
eyes.
Only silence was spoken,
Till she wrapped her arms around
me
And her cries let the silence be broken.
Yue Ying became
my second soul.
She was there in my darkest times,
Through
summers heat and winters cold.
This was one love story never
told.
She and I were one in the same.
She completed me and
I did for her,
Even in death, she kept true to her word.
A
promise to follow me where ever I were to go
and only soon after,
she had followed.
She and I were that of Yin and Yang.
This was
the untold love,
of my beloved Yue Ying and I, her Zhuge Liang.