ROSIE

I remember.

It was sunny. I felt lucky.

You were laying in my lap.

I didn't ask for you, but you have saved me more than once, and you have never said a word.

What a simple love; to be together in absolute silence, yet to understand small joys.

I will always cherish the moment I saw a flash of the great beyond with you by my side.

It's not always easy to look back at a memory perfectly, but your companionship and sweetness helps me to look forward...

to goodness,

to kindness,

to love,

to hope.

Thank you, Rosebud, for teaching me what being there for someone really means.

My dearest love and my most lovely friend.

Purgatory

I used to think you'd fill up all the empty parts of me,
but, I've found... that was wishful thinking.

I still dream.

That time, between sleep and awake,
it's those times you come to haunt me.

You took something from me.

That first feeling,
for the last time.

Sober ish

To die and live to tell the tale,
and what a tale she'd be.
A tale of slaying dragons,
of how I came to see.

It all started the other day,
I slipped into the dark.
I came out on the other side,
and I'll tell you the best part.

The day I lost myself and then came around 
everything changed.
The sky was bluer and the grass was greener,

my whole mind was rearranged.

Shorts

With each passing day, I am grateful that I get to love you.

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If ever there is a minute when you feel like you aren't good enough, forget it... because I believe in you.

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Hugs are free with me. Plus tax :)

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You, my dear, are special. I am better because of you.

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Look in the mirror and smile because you do that for others; you make us happy because you are you.

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Life is hard but we can be easy on each other and I love you, my dear.

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It's not a me thing, or a you thing... it's an us thing.

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Time is a thief... let's make it last or die happy now.

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Be smart. Be kind. Take chances. Say sorry and mean it. Belly laugh. Hug people who you love and let them hug you back. Do life without any regrets. These are things I have learned.

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Love yourself. No one can look in the mirror but you. (You cute, though).

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You will never regret choosing the kind way. So do it. Every time. It will always feel good.

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Laughs are free. Don't forget to giggle like a little kid every single day.