I'm gonna come right out and say it.

I love you.

I miss you so much it physically hurts.

Lying here whimpering and curled up without you to hold me is the most terrifying thing I have ever endured.

I never got to say goodbye...

I know what you're thinking.

Ugh, another teenage love poem?

Right?

Yes, it is a love poem,

But not a romantic one.

It is an exceptional kind of love that isn't easily understood by people who haven't felt it.

Thank you for allowing me to feel loved.

However,

You are beautiful, and don't ever forget that.

I love you as if you were the mother I never had,

And the sister I'll never get.

I love you as a friend.

The best of friends I could ever ask for.

I love you as a mentor,

A light that can softly shimmer my way home when I am lost in the darkest Valleys of my mind.

I could go on and on about why I love you,

But that won't change a damn thing.

You're not here.

You never will be.

I need to learn how to interact without attaching,

because if you don't attach, You don't have to say goodbye.

Goodbyes are hard.

They say some people were only there to give you a starting push.

But now I'm tripping over my own feet without you here to catch me when I fall...