If You Fall in Love with a King

If you fall in love with a King, he will take possession of your
  heart, mind and soul.
If you should catch a gleam of his love, you will become his
  subject.…
If your eyes should rest in his eyes, then for the rest of your life
  you will be searching every face for his light.
If you should fall in love with a King, then he can only wave to
  you from his palace, and draw you toward his court.…
No matter how high a station you might have held in your own
  country, compared to the brilliance of his majesty,
  you are dressed in ignorance, and surrounded by fools.
All your coins must be left behind.
You can bring no gifts or talents.
Rather such vanities only increase the distance between you and
  your Beloved.
From his balcony, he gathers his beggars.
He will give you clear instructions on how to enter his realm.
You must wait to become what he knows you have been created
  to be.
You will be sent back to your world, and it may seem like you are
  living in exile.
The separation may appear to be long and hard.
Some of your neighbours will think you are mad: they will even
  deny the existence of such a King.
But the King will always be closer to you than you can possibly
  imagine.
And you, the King’s beggar, will finally offer him the only things
  you can: your helplessness, your need, and your pleas for
  forgiveness.
When you fall in love with a King, he will show you how to love
  him.
He will, himself, bring you into his palace.
He will keep his promises.
You will have him as your dearest companion, for all eternity.
_{Original poem by a satsangi}