public confession

The time has come when I must admit what I've always known: you are THE REAL THING, and there is just no replacement for you.

I miss you so much it hurts to see pictures of you, pictures we took together that remind me of all the good times that we've had. And sometimes past images just flash across my mind without warning, images I'd grown accustomed to and want to hang on to forever.

It's not about your many achievements, worldly charms, or even the friends around, it's really you. Your inner resilience and enduring beauty that wormed their way into my heart long ago. Given the freedom, I would gladly spend my lifetime with you, and forge out some path somehow.

I know it's love because despite all your shortcomings, I still would give all I had to be near you again. And despite time, the feeling isn't fading but is possibly getting stronger with each day we're apart.


==> The Scarlet Letter

CHICAGO, I LOVE YOU.