Finding the Words... Part 1

Dear *******,

There are so many things I’ve wanted to say.
So many memories relived day after day,
So many emotions felt over the years
If I said them all now I would deafen your ears.

You were my first love, so deep and so true,
All my worry and angst you’d eventually undo.
You were the one that opened my eyes,
You held me tight and listened to my cries.

You gave me a book once that helped save my life;
After reading and practice I laid down my strife.
“The Barefoot Doctor’s Guide to the Tao”
Helped me onto a new path, and look at me now.

I knew something that night you kissed me under the stars
The memory has lasted through the all of the scars.
I knew if I fell for you it’d end with me in tears
But I’ve never regretted it, not for all of these years.

Years have passed now; we’ve gone separate ways
But through everything there have been many days
I missed you so much I didn’t know what to do.
There’s a piece deep inside me that never stopped loving you.