Wishing for a Soulmate

“A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.... He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his deepest vision of himself, the woman whose surrender permits him to experience a sense of self-esteem. The man who is proudly certain of his own value, will want the highest type of woman he can find, the woman he admires, the strongest, the hardest to conquer--because only the possession of a heroine will give him the sense of an achievement.”

- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged*

I crave a heroine*,
Worthy of my company,
Whose heart I win in honour,
And who wins mine in return,
A beautiful, intelligent one,
As I consider myself,
With no dearth of morals,
And a conscience like mine,

I will shower her with love and care,
Giving up to her my heart -
Expending resource and energy -
All to make her smile,
Oh I crave her presence, her beautiful smile,
My hands wish to hold hers,
As she leans her head on mine,
We'd go for a long walk, hands held,
In the moonlight by the still lake -
And I'd lose myself in the ocean,
That fills her deep eyes.

Written on 27.10.2016 21:46 at LH101, IIT Bombay (Walmart test).

*The first line of this poem, perhaps the poem itself, is inspired by a quote of Ayn Rand in Atlas Shrugged, shown to me by Swati Hegde a few days back at Aero structures lab.