My Jack

I stepped back through the mirror today. I am home again, although it will never feel like home again. Not after losing you, having to live without you here in my reality when I know that there is another of you alive in another reality. God I could not believe it when I looked at him. I swore it was you. The smell, the smile, the confused look, the hug – oh the hug – it was so you.

I told him about our dinner – how we were just getting ready to celebrate our first anniversary. I felt sorry for him. Like you, he did not know what to say. It was so hard to figure out that he was not you. I wanted so bad for it to be. For me to be able to look at him and see you and I did but deep down I knew and so did he. He tried to tell me but I would not listen. I wanted so bad for everyone to be wrong.

I thought maybe when he stepped into our world, he would stay. That maybe there was nothing for him to go back to in his world. But I guess there was – the same thing you fell for in your world. I wonder if she knows how much he loves her? I wonder if she knows that she is the lucky one – even though I got to marry you – she still has her Jack.

I walked him back to the mirror and the whole time I was praying that maybe it would not work – maybe he would have to stay with me and I could have my world right side up again. But the mirror did work and she was standing there waiting on him. Just like I would have been. I reached over and kissed him. I am sorry – was it cheating? I did not think so – but then there was something wrong – something did not feel right.

And it dawned on me – You were not him no more than he was you! It would never have worked for the love I have for you would not have been the same for him. So I will have to live with the fact that my Jack is gone – you are gone and not coming back and somewhere there is another Jack waiting for his Sam to realize that she is meant for him. I just hope by my visiting their world they do not wait too long and lose what time they may have together.

I will always love you! No one but you! And one day we will be able to be together again – and when I kiss you I will know it is you.