I Close My Eyes

Sadness grips me. It clutches me like a vise, constraining. It is a feeling born of love; the result of the emptiness created when you're not here. The moments we share seem to disappear like snowflakes that fall during the month of June. They come and they go and I am left reaching out for something to balance me-something to stabilize me. I feel weak. Your absence creates a vacuum which deprives me of any light of life. I sit motionless, awaiting your return. In the darkness I imagine you are with me. You caress my face with the softness of the palm of your hand; you twirl my hair and tell me you love me. I close my eyes and imagine we are locked in a tight embrace. Arms suppressing, legs intertwined, bodies immobilized by the sheer strength of passion. We wear nothing. Our skin touches and the radiance of heat is visible-even in darkness, you tell me you love me. Again, I close my eyes and I'm transcended deeper into love's abyss. Here, we explore the art of love making. Our bodies move in unison. Your arms are wrapped tightly around my neck, thighs spread ever so slightly to accommodate my welcomed presence. Your skin glows as it contrasts with the darkness of mine. You breathe deeply as your body replenishes the oxygen expended with every thrust of your hips-you meet me halfway. I am deep within you and we become one. Sound is unintelligibly present-it escapes the mouths of us both and becomes harmonic. Our pace quickens as we near our destination. You squeeze me tightly, trying desperately to make yourself a part of me and me a part of you. Faster...deeper...faster, and then release. A cascade of colors are visible and the aroma of ecstasy fills the room. Slowly, I open my eyes and we are locked in a tight embrace, arms suppressing, legs intertwined, bodies immobilized-you tell me you love me. Cautiously, I open my eyes and the softness of your palm caresses my face-you twirl my hair and tell me you love me. Fearfully, I open my eyes and I am alone, sitting motionless in a vacuum; a space void of light created by your absence and the moments no longer seem fleeting. They drag on endlessly and I am caught in the clutches of a constraining vice...and I am gripped by the sadness that envelopes me when you're not here.

I Miss You

Hey Babe,
Just an open letter to tell you how much I miss you. It takes some getting used to, you being so far away from me, but I guess I'm getting there. I knew you moving to another country would be difficult, but I also understood how important this was for you. So many of us center our lives around selfishness, i.e. personal relationships, never taking into consideration that there are more important things in life one can accomplish other than appeasing the fears on an individual. I do fear that you will return a different person-one I no longer know. But what's most important is that you grow into the individual who pleases you, not the one who pleases me.

Letting you go was one of the hardest thing in life I ever had to do. But to stand in the way of your destiny would have been something neither of us would have forgiven me for. I feel a deep sense of loss but I also feel joy associated with encouraging you to pursue you goals and dreams. I believe that true love resides somewhere in the midst of letting go. Truly loving someone sometimes means that you have to set them free in order for them to be happy. I know that the distance between us is difficult for you-you've said so many, many times before, but I believe we will both be better people for enduring this experience.

So many people profess to know love, but so few do. Love is about sacrifice and sometimes that means that you might even have to give your life for the person you love. If people knew the true price of love, I wonder how many would embark on the journey? I think we've lost perspective of what love means-and what we have left are artificial relationships that are meaningless. Anytime there is any pressure they collapse because they have no foundation and aren't rooted in anything solid.

I'm happy we have something meaningful-something that was built on the Rock of Gibraltar. We both know that no matter what happens between the two of us, our love was real. I want you to enjoy your adventure and feel secure in the knowledge that my love is still with you-no matter where you are. Be you here or thousands of miles away, my loves travels with you and I carry you in my heart forever.

I know that we aren't the only two people on the planet that know this love-there has to be many more. What I do know is we've found the meaning of true love. We know the price one has to pay, but we've also known its reward.

Travel safely and when you return, I will be here for you, always.

Love forever,

The Prince