Rhett,
I can still remember us walking down the hallway. Your eyes were excited. You had an idea you wanted to share. I remember our footsteps in sync as the echoes bounced along the way. Do you remember where we were? Some would have called it a haunted place and yet others a sad one. You and I knew it was a place of honor, a place where true love is captured forever. Great stories just an arms reach away.
I should have known you were going to give me the hard sale. Our great secret spoken before many who we knew we could trust. You said lets talk about LOVE! I laughed. What did I know about Love? I was so far away from it at that moment. What would I say on the subject and how would I ever be able to write about it. I had been wounded. I was bitter. Love seemed cold to me. You told me it would be perfect because I could just write about my views. Me being single and free. Not having to share any of my selfish freedoms. You would write about your views from where you stood at the time. It seemed crazy but we started.
Our banter back and forth always brought a smile across my face. It was like the first part of a new relationship. Where you are in discovery mode. There is so many unanswered questions. Where you hang on to every word. Where words are never offensive they become funny and you begin to alter your thinking. You get caught up in the fantasy and your brain begins to wonder. Yeah we had our limits and we knew our boundaries. Our bodies stayed pure but our thoughts got away from us. I remember…
Now after all this time. Your face watching the sunset and my fingers pawing at the dirt in the garden. The tables have turned. I can talk about LOVE. Not the kind we hoped for. The kind you know well. The kind WE experience. Not like your Aunt and Uncle you spoke so highly of. The only couple you ever knew that really had it. I believe they may be the only couple I know too. I never met them…….
Sure lets talk about this thing called LOVE.
Zazie
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