With God’s guidance, I have discovered a bright light shining from a far distance across the endless waves of the massive Western Pacific…

 A light which has, upon regular exposure, gradually whittled away the bitterness and despair from my very soul.

   This light, I have found, possesses the inner strength and outer beauty to help reanimate a spark I thought permanently doused, while also providing a peek into a future equally as bright and glowing as itself.

   Alas, there will be challenges aplenty for this light and I-darkness will, predictably, attempt to plant a wall of negativity into our path-but I have confidence the elements of love, loyalty, and faith will serve to effectively push away the blackness. 

  As for my sweet, precious light, she dominates my thoughts, fuels my desire and perhaps best of all...soothes the brooding beast within.  

  We have so far to go, her and I-there is excitement, trepidation, and exhilaration in the mere thought of the magical trek that awaits we two.

   I hope and pray my light of Gensan anticipates the journey ahead as much as I…her man from the East.