" Love is just a word until you find someone to give it definiton"

How true is it that one would only realize
another person's worth (in my case)
once he or she is gone?

How true is it that love is not just in
the other person's presence
but in his or her absence as well?

Both are true for me.

I don't understand myself
or how exactly I feel for you.

There is no doubt that you are
'very special' for me.
Yes, I am one of the many
few who fell for you.
You're like a sailing boat
on an unpredictable ocean---
always moving in all directions,
sometimes closer to me
and sometimes moving farther away...
just to come back
when I could almost
do it on my own.
Just great.

I miss you when you're not there.
But I know we could never be
what I wish we could be.
And something tells me
that it really isn't time
for 'us' to take such a leap
(if ever that day would ever come).
I am happy to be where we are
right now, just friends.

And just fot the record---You are my first true love.

Because it was with you that I learned
to give and sacrifice without asking anything in return.

Because it was with you that
I learned to love and wait patiently.

Because it was with you that I learned
to appreciate and accept everything
in a person, completely without change, no demands.

Because it was with you that I learned
to understand no matter how
everything and everyone was against you.

Because it was with you that I learned
to be happy with what I have.

Because it was with you that
I learned to be strong and weak.

Because it was with you that
I learned to become MYSELF.

You are my first love, not her.