With every facet of myself, I love you. I love you with all of those cliche words. I love you truly, madly, deeply, irrevocably, unconditionally, unwaveringly, stolidly, indefatigably. I have denied my feelings for so long. I know it is too late, I know that we will never be what we once were. I’ve said it many times over and still know the truth. There is just nights, when I lay in this bed, and I imagine that I can smell you. I imagine that you are here with me, as you were so many days and nights before. I imagine waking up to you and kissing you. I hold my teddy bear, the one given to me by you, so closely…as if it were you, I suppose. I pray that you don’t lose your beauty as so many others I know have.