I still remember the first time I met you. I walked into the room, naïve, young and innocent to true feelings of passion. But when my gaze fell upon you, dear,  I knew my emotions had met their match. I couldn’t take all of you in at once, so I started with your chestnut hair, which cascaded down to your shoulders. Then came the striking brown eyes that have captivated me since. Such was the planting of a rose.

                I also recall when I first came to feel love for you, because later in the very same room, I saw you once more. Strangely, you walked across the room and sat down next to me. Stranger still, two things happened for the first time. It was the first time I saw that beautiful smile of yours. It still makes me feel an emotion which nothing else has ever made me experience. But even more incredible was your silken voice. If a hundred angels sang me a sonnet, it would not be as amazing as your sweet, melodic tones. Such was the budding of the rose.

                And now, while I sit here writing, you reside in my head, my heart and my spirit. You are a woman; stunning, lovely, and compassionate who deserves far more love than you receive, but I hope one day I can change that. And so I write this in hopes that one day you will feel affection for me. As for how I feel, I have a greater understanding and attachment to the love which began with but one look at you. Such was the flowering of one perfect rose.

RATE THIS CHAPTER!

Author guidance for This work

This is to a dear person in my life, a young woman I have loved for a while. It was meant to be a poem, but... I'm more of a prose writer. Seriously. My poetry usually looks God awful.

Oh, and don't think I'm soft cause I wrote this. I may be a marine, but that doesn't mean I'm made of stone. Besides, chances are I could beat just about half of anyone who would patronize me for it in a fight.

Anyways, this isn't necessarily a private thing, but know it wasn't written for me or the reader. It was written for her

Sincerely,
Isaac Landon

updated Jan 6 by Isaac_Landon