My Heart's Gentle Reminder #16

I was reading a book today, and one of the characters reminded me of you. I laughed as the author described the character's beauty, intelligence and grace because it seemed like the author was painting a picture of you with the words on the page. The next paragraph I found out that the character had been dead for months. The author wasn't describing you, after all.

He was describing what sex with you was like.

My Heart's Gentle Reminder #15

I went camping with friends over the weekend. Remember that trip we took up the mountain a few years ago? Remember how we sat up by the campfire all night? Remember how we zipped our sleeping bags together, and made love under the stars?

I still am digging sand out of my butt.

My Heart's Gentle Reminder #14

I heard our song on the radio today. The lyrics still move me to tears, because you're not there to share in the moment with me anymore. Someone else will take your place, inevitably, but it still hurts not having you in the car when the jam hits the stations.

"Oh let me see that thoooooooooong..."

My Heart's Gentle Reminder #13

I gave you my heart, my soul, my body and my mind. I gave you everything. I promised you the world, the stars, the sun and the moon. I promised it all.

You gave me a phone call, and promised me a month's supply of penicillin.

My Heart's Gentle Reminder #12

I threw away all of our old pictures today. It felt like I was throwing away the best years of my life. Each memory falling into the waste bin of time to be forgotten in a heap of trash with leftover lasagna and baby diapers.

But then I ate some Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream, and I giggled on the couch.

My Heart's Gentle Reminder #11

You told me that I could never be happy with anyone until I came to terms with who I am, what I am, and who I am going to be. That hit home, and I'm making the changes to be a better man. Of course, when I make all the changes I'll be everything that you'll have ever wanted...

...but you'll still be ugly on the inside.

My Heart's Gentle Reminder #10

After the break up, my friends told me they didn't like you from the beginning. I asked them why they didn't say something before we got involved. "It wasn't our decision to make, dude," they would reply. "She was always a skank to us."

They never did see you naked under a full moon.