From Clarice with love
We were never friends, not really. There was something profound between us that can’t be duplicated with anyone else. And yes, I knew what we could do but I chose to stay in the shadows of your heart where it was safe. But it rained the day you told me that love had come to you and my heart plunged deep into my stomach, gasping for air. I stared into your eyes and it was true, and my eyes closed tightly to stop the tears that were burning to be set free. Honestly, I thought I could never feel this, whatever this is. It didn’t matter because you packed your heart and took it with you but left your soul hugging me fiercely.
And now that you are far away from my deep oceans and comfortably on land with your new love. So, I’m sending you this letter today from the brown-eyed woman you left so long ago. I never found the words back then under the stars where we had a moment on the hood of my car and you turned to look at me as if my soul bled from my eyes, shining brighter than the stars ever could. The words were stuck in my throat and the pain unbearable, but I smiled through it, swallowing the words back into the depths of my soul where they swam tirelessly and endlessly.
As long as you’re so far away I’m sending a letter to you each day, hoping and praying there will be a day when we meet again.
Because I can dare to fall in love with you.
From Clarice with love.
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