[ WP ] Write a heartfelt love letter to coffee .

~~Dearest Love, ~~ 
 
 ~~My Darling, ~~ 
 
 ~~Hey, Babe! ~~ 
 
 ~~To Whom it may Concern, ~~ 
 
 Hi, 
 
 ~~I'm writing because I've been missing you.~~ ~~Being~~ These last few days apart have given me some time to think. I do miss you. It's not, as some have said, an obsession. ~~I wo n't be hunting you down at your friend's house, or lurking behind you in the grocery store, inhaling your aroma.~~ It's normal to miss something which has been a part of your life for so long. 
 
 The truth is, you made my life better, and I never noticed. You were the reason I was able to get out of bed, most days. Yet I did n't make time to enjoy your morning kiss. Just took what I needed and ran off. Too busy for you. 
 
 There were times when I'd see you, on my break at work, and you'd try to make my day a little brighter. I wanted to visit with you & mdash; I did. I'd greet you. Feel you brush my lips. But then something else would grab my attention and I'd rush off. You were left feeling cold, and lonely, and eventually, discarded. 
 
 I should n't have made you feel that way. I should have savored every last drop of the warmth and love you offered me. 
 
 But it was n't all rosy. You played a part in this separation too. There were times when I needed *you*, and you were out, ~~having an affair~~ and I'd go looking and find you in a cafe, at a table with a laughing stranger. 
 
 The truth is, I never had enough for you. Enough time, enough money... though I had the desire. 
 
 Maybe it was an obsession. Everything would be going along fine and ~~you'd get me all wound up~~ all of a sudden I would feel high, and jittery, and we'd need some space. But a few hours without you and my head would start to hurt. I was tired. It was hard to make it through a day & mdash; half a day & mdash; without you. 
 
 That is n't healthy. 
 
 ~~I still love you.~~ 
 
 ~~I've moved on.~~ 
 
 I'm moving on. I still love you. I'll always feel something, some yearning for you. 
 
 But we ca n't be together. I've found other ways to get through the day. Ways to enjoy life without the constant craving for you. For your approval. For your support. 
 
 I'm learning to be my own person. 
 
 And I've found someone new. Someone gentler. Not better, but better for me. It's not the same, can never be the same as what we shared. 
 
 But I have to move on ~~and you should too~~. I'll still see you around, ~~someone else holding you~~ at the cafe, or the supermarket. Maybe at that little restaurant on 3rd Street. 
 
 I'll see you, and smile. But I wo n't say hello. 
 
 There would be too much temptation, and I do n't think I could resist. 
 
 I'll walk away. Enjoy new guilty pleasures. 
 
 But I'll think of you every time I open my eyes. I'll see you in my half-waking dreams. 
 
 Until then, Coffee, this is good-bye. 
 
 ~~Farewell, my love, ~~ 
 
 Always, 
 
 AWT 

