Love Letter 27: Tenderness, Devotion, Presence

My Sweet [Recipient’s Name],

I wish I was there right now, sitting in front of you, gazing back softly. My smile would widen tenderly like a bud unfurling. We could be in the quiet together. I might start to cry, my love for you cracking my heart wide open. I would ask to hold both of your hands in mine. We could sit knee to knee and hand in hand, breathing the same air. It would be as if a prayer came to life.

I would tell you the million things that make you incredible to me. I would use the whole of my being to reflect back to you how gorgeous and magnificent you are. My words could wash away all the doubts you have that you are anything less than perfectly beloved. I would say, if you needed me to, that you will always be okay. Always. If you started to weep, you could see in my face that I know exactly how you are feeling.

I would hold you if you let me. You could break apart, awash in waves of pain and grief, and I would keep you safe. I would stay. I would witness. I would gently let you know with my touch and breath that I have been in those depths too. You would know with certainty that you aren’t alone. Your body could feel how my body means you no harm. Your body could rest against mine, borrowing my calm. I would give you all of my care, and I’d be so deliriously happy to.

When you started laughing, I would laugh with you. When you started to dance, I would meet your dance with mine. Our joy would match each other’s, pouring out of us wild and unburdened. We’d fill up the galaxy with our bemused pleasure, and everyone would see how it sparkles.

Oh my darling, how I wish I could be sitting in front of you right now. There is no other place I’d rather be. But I can’t be there when I’m already here, taking the same breath as you, shedding the same tear, feeling the same beating heart.

I hope you will feel my loving presence every day from this place inside you where you are cultivating it. I may never sit in front of you, but you will never be without me. Everything I know about love I am learning from you.

All of me,

[Recipient’s Name]