Totally fictional
Sweet Hearts' Day is fast approaching and you're miles away. I sit silent in solitude, watching love birds ''main dans la main, yeux dans les yeux''. Loneliness clings to me like a shadow. It silently and insidiously creeps up to me and engulfs me whole then ravenously chews on my tormented soul. But no matter how hard loneliness may try, it shall not defeat me. A wise man once said ''Distance is like a strong wind, it will extinguish the sparks of an unworthy love but it will help feed the fire of a worthy one.'' I think about you every waking momment of my day and every time I close my eyes, I seem to hear your soft, soothing voice...Oh how I miss those understanding eyes and that gentle smile of yours. I hug the stuffed tiger you gave me every night and try to remember what it's like to have you in my arms. I shall never forget the last day when you were here, how that detestable fever rendered me semi-conscious, how you carried me to bed, made me take my medication and then held me close. I felt loved, cared for and at peace. Everything felt so natural so right and it was then that I realized how it felt to be in love. It was then that I understood the true meaning of happiness. With our age difference, whoever would think that it would work out for us. Even I, dared not to hope because everything seemed too good to be true but... here we are. We've made it through three long, arduous years and I profoundly believe that we'll make it through many more. It was not easy. We've had our differences and disagreements but we've endured and survived them all. I will wait for your return. I will wait for that fairy tale ending that we'll together create and share.
