A Love That Will Never Be Mine

My Love,

I don't know if I will ever have the courage to give you this letter, but I need to write, if only to let my heart breathe for just a moment.

Loving you has been the most beautiful and painful thing I have ever known. You are in every quiet thought, in every breath between words, in every moment I catch myself wishing for something I can never have. I watch you from a distance, memorizing the way you smile and the way your eyes brighten when you talk about something you love. And every time, I wonder if you've ever noticed how I look at you-like you are the only thing in the world that makes sense to me.

But fate is cruel, and no matter how much I love you, I know you would never want me. Maybe in another time, another life, things would be different. Maybe I could reach for your hand without hesitation, speak your name without feeling the weight of what will never be. But in this life. Not now.

So I will love you in silence. I will carry you in the spaces between my ribs, in the soft corners of my mind where no one else can see. And if all I can ever be us a passing shadow in your story, then I will be the one who loves you from afar, who smiles for you when you are happy, who aches for you when you are sad.

You will never know how much I love you. But if love is truly selfless, then I will love you like this-without expectation, without hope, but always, always with my whole heart.

Forever yours,

Me