My letter to a boy.

The one question I thought I wanted to hear, frightened me. After telling this wonderful human I wouldn't date him, this is what I wrote to him. We've been together for almost a year since.

“I don’t think love comes in like a parade. It comes in such small gestures, sometimes it’s easy to overlook it completely. Subtlety. That’s the key. And laying there with you under that big blue sky… I was happy. Maybe that’s the emotion I’ve been searching for, after all. The fact that I almost didn’t notice overwhelmed me. That moment with you in the sun. Simple. Subtle. Serene. I want to hold on to that feeling for the rest of my days. I was afraid that if anything were to change, it would be lost. Please understand, I do a lot of “rushing into things”… Nothing good has come out of it. You’re too good of a thing to waste. Forgive me, for my lack of haste. I still feel this is too good to be true. I need some sort of certainty in my life.”

                                            <3- Yours

Reviews

[Dreamer]

The structure of this is very interesting. Is it okay to assume that it is blank verse? The reason I like this poem is because although my experience is different to your persona I can still some how relate. Love rarely "comes in like a parade". Yet, I think thats what we look for and so we rush into things longing the eternally burning fireworks but being disappointed. I understand why she would be cautious now... Forgive me if I am completely off!

People miss out on so many opportunities because they are afraid: of change, of starting something new, of being hurt. Congrats for being courageous.

[Rasputin]

"You're too good of a thing to waste"
I laughed. That's a nice touch, referring to him as a thing.