LOVE ISN'T EVEN ENOUGH

Dear _____,

The other day on the phone you told me you wouldn't come to _____ because if you made a move that big it would have to mean that the relationship is forever, and you didn't think I could give that to you. Well, you're right. I can't see myself sitting on the front porch with you in rocking chairs when you're 60 and I'm 49. It seems as if you have seen and done so much, and I have barely begun to open my eyes. Not to mention how different the worlds we each live in are. Could either of us adjust to the others'? I suppose love isn't even enough to get people to see past who and what we are. So, I just want to tell you now that you're right. I can't give you forever, but my heart can.

I'll never forget the way your eyes gleamed when you saw me for the first time. I can still remember the way you smelled when I held you so tightly as we stood in the middle of the airport. I swear to this day that time actually stood still. I can remember every word spoken between us that day, every touch of your hand, and every step we took. I can play that day again and again in my head so perfectly, like a movie on the big screen. Sometimes when I picture it I think I can actually feel myself laying in your arms. I can feel your breath on my lips, and can hear you whispering a prayer of thanks to God. I know I smiled in my sleep that night, and dreamed of your radiant blue eyes starring at me with love. You are the most beautiful person I have ever known. So, no _____ I can't give you forever. I am not capable of that, but my heart is, and it will forever be with you. It will forever know the magic that the two of us shared, and it can never forget it. It may not be perfect, but it is ours forever. Nothing and no one can ever change or take that away from us.

Till the day we are able to be free to love another, and bask in the glow of each others light.

Love Forever,
_____