Dear Belmar, New Jersey:

Your eyes met mine in a classroom full of people
and we "happened" to be in the same group.

Your eyes met mine in that Bar for my birthday
and we both had a great time.

Our lips and bodies interlocked in truly tender and everlasting moments throughout that summer.

Your were enchanting; What we had was magical... We came from different parts of the world, yet we understood each other.

It has been 3 years since that amazing summer and i have never forgotten you.

I know that you're with someone now, someone who doesn't respect you and who you are afraid of.

But i want you to know that you are the pinnacle of what it is to be a Woman, to be intelligent, to be strong, to be sweet and endearing, to be full of tenderness, and passion and pain, to be understanding and imperfect, to be in control yet not be.

I want you to know that i continue to admire you and respect you and that i continue to yearn for you, your company, your words, your mind, and your stunning and illuminating and beautiful smile.

I hope you have found fulfillment in your relationship. And even if you have, carry a piece of my heart with you as i do of yours, because we once had a special and magical connection based in that summer of 2000, me in my car, you in yours, memories of trailing each other in sweet flirtations...and those unforgettable weekends in Belmar, New Jersey.

Though you are forbidden to even talk to me now, and even though i'm angered and injured by that - always remember that i would walk the ends of the Earth to fill your heart with contentment.

Life goes on, they say. And i have gone on. But the heart never forgets who was good to it - and it never will.

Adios...

[submitted 08/29/03]