I love Mary, but I know we are no longer in love.

And I want to fall in love with her...
but not under false pretenses.

I want the girl I am in love with to be perfect in every way, on her own.
I want her to be confident, decent, and have a strong will.
I want her heart to be as loyal to mine as it is to her own.

I am so fortunate to see the confidence in her that never existed before.
My only unfortunateness is that you she to go away from me to find it.

Sometimes when you lose, you win.
Sometimes when you win, you lose.

But, there is hope.

With her new found confidence, she can begin to realize what I saw in her.
She can see how I believed in her, how I could see her unmasked beauty,
how I always had faith in her that she could have it in herself if she
just tried....

and she did.

I love Mary, and I want to be in love with her...
but it won't happen until we're both ready for it to happen...

and I guarantee that no matter what the interference in my life
when that chance comes along, I will take that chance.

She will give me a reason to be in love with her....            Mary.