Wrapped Letters

I turned on the corner and started walking down the street and suddenly something flew right at me and slapped my face. I picked it up it was a pair of letters wrapped in red ribbons.

In the first one someone addressed another person and the second one seemed to be the reply. There was a week of time between them.

Curious I sat on a bench close by and opened the first one that read …

Hello […]:

I have been feeling like a burden lately that has over stayed his welcome, you are coming into your own and have the resolve to go after what you want in life. I could not be prouder. But I do not wish to be a burden or an imposition to you, perhaps it would be best if I say good bye now, and release you from having to be bothered with me.

I have opened my heart and found a wonderful heart in return but I cannot continue to burden you with my problems. You have things of your own to resolve and I know you will. My heart will ache but that is because I am alive, thanks to you.

Tears will be shed, but they will pass and life will go on. I know I may not be making any sense, but I feel that I am holding you back, making you continue to be with me when you have better things to do. I do not wish to be that burden.

I hope you will have the wonderful life you want. I hope you will find someone to love you deeper than the ocean, more sweetly then honey, and as completely as you will love them.

You have meant the world to me.

And for that reason I must let you go.

I hope you will remember a little bit of me.

I will never forget you.

Once I finished it, wiped my eyes for the tears I got by the brief yet sad note and opened the second one.

Dear {…}:

It’s been a while since the stars sparkled in my night sky and I had almost forgotten the warmth of the sun every single day. It has been thanks to you that my world had a twist for the better. I am grateful I met you because for you I wish to be a better person, a better version of me and every day I work to achieve that goal so that I can be someone who brings at least a little joy to your life.

Times have been difficult but I knew what I was stepping into since the beginning, I have to admit that it has not been easy, however I found out that I am able to take more than I believed. So I thank you, my partner, my blessing because whenever I feel like my life is on a gray spot and that there are no reasons why life is worth it, you come back to my memory and give me strength to switch my point of view and move forward in life.

You helped me regain a spark to life I thought it was lost and never coming back. The air through my lungs feels different, the sun on my face and the sweat in my skin, it all makes me feel alive. Thanks to you I now admire the beauties of life and I am able to feel truly grateful for all the blessings life has put into my path.

And now thanks to you now I am able to turn to life and stare at it with a smile on my face, with pride on my past and hope on a dream-come-true future.

So thanks for the time you stayed with me it has been a privilege and all the time you wish to stay by my side it would be an honor to share life with you…

Just please know that without you, my life would not be the same, it might just be a nobody's life, but to me you are a wonderful magnificent treasure who makes and entire difference in this world so I do wish you could stay with me because I trully do love you, slowly it happened but I am completely sure of it ...

...I love you…

Silently I put the letters down and got up, took a deep breath and walked back home. Romeo and Juliet love stories are not fiction, It’s just up to us to create our own story the way we want it to be.