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I don’t want a superficial love story where two people fall in love by the idea of each other.

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You tell me that I always deserve the best, but if I’m being honest, life definitely went overboard by giving me you. Do you know how incredible you are?

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Those parts of you, they continue to appear in my dreams. And they haunt me in my waking reality.

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And even so I wonder. Vulnerability. Heartbreak. Bare truths. Consuming. Spontaneous.

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I write these words to lend my once-silenced and fragile heart a voice. 

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My dad was my best friend. He was my partner in crime.

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You may feel lost, uncertain, or afraid of what the future may hold as you lose the letters that bound you for years.

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I remember it all, and I think about you all the time, even if it feels like I don’t these days.

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I like the way you stay consistent, it makes building feel stable.

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Before I met you, I was so jaded I wouldn’t have dreamed of writing someone a paragraph about how much I loved them or making them their favorite dessert. My guard was up so high I was almost a robot. And then there was you.