A Prince in the Old Land
Once upon a time, there were two princes. One was the white prince, and the other was the black prince (though this did not imply any sort of evil intent). After long years of loneliness, the white prince found his love fostered in the arms of a beautiful young princess who expressed, quite fluently, a reciprocation of his own feelings. All of the people of her kingdom met with him to ask him to take her hand. This was all that he had wanted, and so, he agreed, and the townspeople worked to have them together.
But the princess's love was found to be untrue, and she turned herself from his kingdom. Her people, feeling great loyalty to her, placed their faith in her judgment and turned away from him as well. The white prince was devastated and found solace (fleeting as it was) only in his friend, the black prince. The black prince tried his best to handle the white prince's meekness with understanding (though his understanding was not as well as his intention). He told the white prince to find another kingdom with another maid to wed without understand that the prince wanted no less than the princess he had sought.
The white prince was presented with several maids that many felt worthy of his favor, but he found none of them to possess what he had wanted of the princess. He felt, however, that perhaps the princess was not so important when he had the black prince there to console him; therefore, Fate pulled a cruel string, and the black prince found love in one of the maids who had been presented only weeks before to the white prince himself. Slowly, the black prince grew away from the white prince with only eyes for his maid, and the white prince was alone with no hope for tomorrow - only prayers.
A question of karma: does losing hope make it hopeless?
But the princess's love was found to be untrue, and she turned herself from his kingdom. Her people, feeling great loyalty to her, placed their faith in her judgment and turned away from him as well. The white prince was devastated and found solace (fleeting as it was) only in his friend, the black prince. The black prince tried his best to handle the white prince's meekness with understanding (though his understanding was not as well as his intention). He told the white prince to find another kingdom with another maid to wed without understand that the prince wanted no less than the princess he had sought.
The white prince was presented with several maids that many felt worthy of his favor, but he found none of them to possess what he had wanted of the princess. He felt, however, that perhaps the princess was not so important when he had the black prince there to console him; therefore, Fate pulled a cruel string, and the black prince found love in one of the maids who had been presented only weeks before to the white prince himself. Slowly, the black prince grew away from the white prince with only eyes for his maid, and the white prince was alone with no hope for tomorrow - only prayers.
A question of karma: does losing hope make it hopeless?