To My One True Love Lost At Sea

Do you know what you’ve done to me? I used to be a hulking ball of man meat capable of destroying any foe, now I’m just hooked on you, incapable of accomplishing the smallest of tasks if you’re displeased with me. How could you have done that to me, how could you have constantly been so kind and loving, even when I know I do the opposite at times? How on earth did you manage to snare me into your trap, must you be a temptress of sorts? A divine succubus sent by God to encapsulate me and swallow me whole? Regardless, you’ve got me. You could Silence of the Lambs me and I’d still be nuts for you. Thanks for the constant memories.

I remember when I met you. I swear it by the old gods and the new (see what I did there). I was a sixth grader, recently estranged from my previous friends, and encountering a new school with a plethora of new faces. One face in particular stood out, though. Yours.

I remember walking through Ms. Peterson’s door. I remember glancing through sea of inquiring faces and finding yours. Let’s not forget who I was at the time, which was a very young, energetic kid who loved to show off for girls. Logically, I asked you to be my girlfriend at the end of the day. To my chagrin you nixed that quicker than a bat out of hell. However, that day was definitely the ‘start of something new’ in more than one respect. (Sorry for my puns, I’m feeling especially witty this morning.) It took me awhile for you to even want to text me, but I got there. Once I got there it was even harder to get you to hang out with me. I think you played the ultimate game of ‘hard to get’ because it took me 3 years just to earn the opportunity to kiss you. But I want to say thank you for being a goober and doing that, because it set a foundation for everything that would follow which is, to say the least, a lot.

You’ve never not been there for me. In the last 4 years, there has been a grand total of 8 days that we have not at least talked once, a feat that is just incredible. That means that we’ve talked 0.99452054794% of the days over the last 4 years, and that is no exaggeration. I adore you, I cherish you, and I haven’t the slightest idea of where I would be had I not met you. Think of everything we’ve done together. I’m pondering everything that I’ve done since I’ve met you, and I can’t think of many things that you and I haven’t done together loads of times. Everything that you like the most, I like too. I never would have branched out and eaten tomatoes freely had you not been so obsessed with them. The same holds true with your infatuation with ranch, which, coincidentally is now one of my favorite sauces as well. You influence every facet of my life. You are my best friend, you are my family, you are my motivator, my inspiration, and my light that keeps me going if I’m having a tough time. I’ll never forget our Zombie dates, or driving with LSD turned up all the way, or watching the entire Game of Thrones series in less than a summer.

Who are you? You’re a goob, that’s who. You’re kind and loving and loyal and you smiling is what makes me happy. When something strikes you as particularly funny you throw your head back in a laugh that seemingly takes hold of your entire body, and it’s the best thing I have witnessed. I have a lot of favorite things with you, like when you get overly paranoid, or when you get kind of grumpy with me and you look at me and try and be mad but then I make you smile. The moments that I’ve shared with you are invaluable to me.

You’re amazing. That’s the only combination of words that I can deem fit of describing you at this moment, although I suppose amazing could be replaced with words like beautiful, kind, emotional, but more than anything incredibly loving and strong. You’re the cat’s meow, the dog’s bark. You’re cooler than cool, you’re ice cold. You’re someone I can never get enough of. I find myself reminiscing about all the things we’ve done together and it’s just wild to see how far we’ve come. I remember when your parents followed me in my car just cause I was trying to see you, now look where we are :-) No one can stop us, I will always support you in all of your endeavors. I want all of your time because that’s when I’m at my happiest. I hope you’re as excited for our future as I am, we’re going to blow this world up in the most legal yet unconventional way possible. Are you ready? This next step will be crazy, but I’ve got you so what’s there to be scared of?