The unknown author

Stendhal's depiction of "crystallization", the process of falling in love. Salzburg,1822. About the same time this memory of love and art was discovered near Frascati.

I was excited. 
Thrilled to death to be alive.

I did what needed to be done. 

With great joy I did what had to be done.

What my spirit demanded of me and I asked no questions in return.

I was as good as the person closest to me, the person inside me, told me to be.

I took a journey which started in Bologna and ended in Rome.

I was successful beyond my wildest dreams.

Unknown Author. Found in an urn near Frascati, just outside Rome.  Guessed to have been written in the early part of the tenth century.  It was in perfect condition.  It has been translated from the original Italian.