Let's go for a drive in your cherry red convertible, down to the beach where the moon hangs low. ~ce
As I stand here with my nose pressed against the window of your life, I feel restricted from crossing the threshold into a world I’ve never known before; a world I’ve longed for my entire life. You can see me as I stand on the outside looking in, all wide-eyed and searching for a glance, a smile – something that shows me you acknowledge my presence, and you will welcome me to come inside where it is safe and warm.
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He sat very still as I applied red lipstick to his soft lips. I wondered if he would laugh but he did not – maybe he was afraid to see himself wearing my color. Perhaps the anticipation made his heart race rather quickly, causing him to be silent.
We both enjoyed the lipstick traces as they made a map around necks and shoulders and lower backs and bellies and elbows and foreheads and backs of knees and tops of feet, back to lips meeting lips after the color had worn off completely.
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My heart is breaking and this will be true until it stops. I will never hear your voice again. I will never see you again. Unanswered questions will remain unanswered, and perhaps that is best. But, I cannot erase nearly 7 years of loving you and being loved by you. No matter what, that will never change.
I have saved every card and letter you sent to me. I have saved every picture of you and me … of us. I have saved everything you ever gave me. I have saved pressed flowers and tickets to special events and Canadian money … and so much more.
I can still see you waiting for me at the airport terminal, and I remember our first sweet kiss. I can still hear your voice in my ear as you took my hand and we started our journey together.
I remember everything. Everything! These are things I will never forget.
You will live in my heart forever, my forever love.
Rest in peace …
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