Love.
It can wring the heart out of you like a double-edged sword, only not as clean a cut.
A staff blast would seem infinitely better at times.
The good and the bad. The nearness, yet somehow not near enough.
Like a sip of water when you're dying of thirst.
Every glance, every touch a sweet agony of delight.
Always wanting more.
But the love I fought so hard to resist is the one I will now fight even harder to keep.
In our own way, with what our heads and hearts tell us is right.
Soulmate, dearest friend, you hold my heart in your hands.
You make me laugh, can make me cry, and I want to share all my thoughts with you.
With no secrets, and total honesty. For I can't imagine my life without you in it, it would be ripping my soul out into little pieces, leaving me an empty shell.
Since the day you walked in and grabbed my life with both hands, leaving me to
wonder why my knees were buckling and my hands shaking, not recognizing that sound
as the beating of my own heart.
But this love is real, and rare, and I know we can make it last forever.
You are my commander, my friend, who I will want in my life always, enriching it, making every day as special as you are to me.
I love you forever and always.
Your Carter.