THE WORLD GREATEST TREASURES

IF YOU WERE GIVEN THE WORLD GREATEST TREASURES, WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH THEM THE GREATEST TREASURES IS LOVE, HAPPINESS, AND YOUTH.

I SHARED MY TREASURES WITH YOU BUT THEY WEREN’T THE WORLD GREATEST RICHES.

I LOVED YOU AND YOU FORBID ME TO FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU; AND STILL I LOVED YOU.

I OPENED MY HEART TO SHARE THE HAPPINESS WITH YOU, AND YOU DESTROYED IT.

MY YOUTH WAS AN EVERLASTING LOVE I WANTED TO GIVE YOU, THEN YOU SHUT ME OUT UNTIL IT WAS SAFE FOR YOU.

 I TOOK THE WORLD GREATEST TREASURES AND BUILT THEM AROUND YOU AND YOU DESTROYED THEM.

I FELT IF I LOST YOU, I WOULD LOSE MY WHOLE WORLD BUT I LOST THE MOST IMPORTANT; THE WORLD GREATEST TREASURES.

AND LOSING MY TREASURES MADE ME SEE THAT YOU WERE ONLY THE WRONG PERSON TO SHARE THEM WITH.

AND SUDDENLY THEY WERE BACK, NOT LOST, ONLY MISPLACED AND READY TO BE SHARED WITH SOMEONE WHO WANTED THE WORLD GREATEST TREASURE.

MARCH 15, 1976