Wanderers that are "karmically involved"

[Sacred Fool]

'Are you living in the light or dancing with the dark'

 
For me, this thread expressed much anguish around the archetype of The Choice.  There is a desire expressed to court the maiden, not just take advantage of her, but then this is "second guessed."  The desire is to have a more meaningful connection, but this is answered by feelings of betrayal.  The desire is to move to the heart, but what is gained is the crown of thorns.  Fulfillment is sought in love, but what is reflected back is distance, failure and emptiness. 

I'd say this is a very challenging courtship.  It's maybe not so easy to pick the love out from the fertiliser, nor to find the pathway to the heart from amongst the many avenues leading nowhere?  Even so, the heart is there, nearly in plain sight, oddly enough.  In fact, this fact is what makes the situation all the more poignant....like a parched wanderer in the desert so close to the source of water................