i will live this life over and over (if only so i can find you)

"The first time he is born, the ritual is to pluck a flower at age 15. The petals come off one by one, and the last petal ends on "meet me not." He will not meet his soulmate in this lifetime. In that first lifetime, his name is Jeremiah. He lives 25 years and finds a war to throw himself into. He dies. He is born again."