I Still Am

Dear ______________________,

            Today marks the day that you came into my life with no warning. I wasn’t prepared when you ran into me, making my world shatter with your unworldly beauty. You took my breath away and captured it in the palm of your hand. I was left completely and utterly breathless. I still am.

            Today brings me back to the moment I fell in love with you. You were smiling in the sun, your hair a bundle of mess, and you were the center of attention as you were talking. Everyone was watching you, amazed, captivated, by your words, your beauty, and your passion. I was moved so deep that I felt the world shift beneath me. I still am.

            I remembered the moment our lips first touched. It was like an electrifying bolt entered me and sent me to my knees. My toes curled and my blood boiled. I saw stars. I wish that I could capture that kiss in a box. I want to show my children one day about the beauty of a kiss. How it can take your breath away and make your heart beat, truly for the first time. I was so in love with your lips. I still am.

            I can still count all the freckles on your face. I loved how they danced across your nose and made you look like a little child in the sun. I can still feel how you were in my arms, how your body was molded to fit my arms perfectly. The smell of your skin as you lay next to me and made love to my lips. I loved the curve of your hips. I was lost in you. I still am.

            I still remembered how your last breath took away my ability to face the world. You lay there with a disease that no one could cure. I watched as your eyes became hazy and dark, as you fought to breathe. I remembered how you tried to tell me you loved me. I held you in my arms one last time as the machine counted your last heartbeat. I was dead inside. I still am.