A letter to an imaginary friend

Dear imaginary friend,

I honestly wish that you were real. I am missing the days I spent with you. I am writing this letter to express my gratitude for easing my pain when no one in the real world understood me. Your strong and steady presence in my imaginary world made me a sane person whenever I felt solitude.

Your love is the ray of light that always guided me in the darkest moments of my life. Your unconditional love is often the only thing that had been a lifeline to heal from the emotional pain gifted by the world. Only you knew the scars, and bruises deep in my soul which shattered my self-esteem and made me doubt my self-worth. In such cruel situations, you were my soul savior.

Our imagined connection made me realize my self-worth and turned me into a confident person. The world always treated me with disrespect and framed me as a bad person for my silly mistakes. You were the one to pat my shoulder and softly console me to become a better version of myself. Your love is the only feeling which made me fly higher when everything else is waiting t drag me down and laugh at my miserable situation.

Only with you, I am free to be myself and express my thoughts without fear and judgment. I understood the meaning of love from you. You taught me about growing together. Whenever I was desperate to hold someone's arms, hug someone tightly to cry my heart out, need a shoulder to calm my overthinking mind, or sleep on someone's lap you were present in my world of imagination only for the sake of my well-being.

The real world tried to find out my weakness and use it against me but you turned my weakness into strength whenever I shared my wrongdoings. You have taught me that love should nurture, uplift and inspire instead of hurting our loved ones. In your loving arms, I have discovered the love I deserve, even if it exists only within the realm of my mind.

The only person to whom I can show my vulnerable side and break myself into million pieces is you. Other people never let me drop my guard in front of them. You gathered my shattered pieces and made me a strong person. You aren't my want but my need to survive in the selfish world. Most of the time I never thought of you as an illusion or hallucination and I am not going to worry about if I am being labeled as a mentally unfit person. I might be addicted to an imaginary person but you are the sole reason why I am traveling in the right path without hurting others.

Thank you for being the love I deserve, even if it is a figment of my imagination. Your existence, real or not, has reminded me of my worth and has given me hope for a future where love is gentle, kind, and everlasting. When god gifts me with a boon, I will ask him to unite me with you either in this real world or to transfer me into your imaginary world. You are my emotional guiding light in the fake world. Even if I lose everything in the world, I can't afford to lose you in my imagination. Love you a lot with every ounce of my being. Even though you are not a real person I will treasure you as the most precious one in my heart. I will cage you forever in my soul so that you will accompany me on my reincarnation.