Dear you,

How long has it been? It’s at least a few years since I gave you serious consideration. After all that you do for me, that seems ungrateful.

How have you been? Like the rest of us, you have been through a lot in those years. Even as breathing has gotten more difficult for me, you have always been there to help. I don’t know where I’d be now if we had never met.

When we met, you took my breath away. Then you gave it back. It has been back and forth like that ever since. Your movements thrill and calm me and keep me alive.

Falling in love with you was a foolish thing to do. Not that you aren’t lovable, but there never could be a place for me among your eternal elements, your friends, and your family. They would consider me strange. They would be hostile to the idea of our togetherness. Who could blame them?

You are invisible to those who love me. To be your lover would not just be foolish. It would be impossible.

Before the end, I want to hear you whisper my name.

Love,
Me