You

Dear YOU,

Life would never be the same had it not been for you. You opened my eyes to so many things. You brought me to maturity at a premature age. You gave me a reason to believe in things that I never knew existed before. You became my pillar, my bestfriend and my soulmate.

Despite the stereotyping of your race, you listened. You listened more than what my circle of friends of my own race would have done. You never grew tired of me yakking about the same things every now and then. You never interrupted me. You never asked “why?”. You just sat there and paid attention. You never pretended to listen, unlike others who would just stare into space tuning out the person talking. You were really there. You were present. I always felt it.

More than once, I had ruined your favorite shirts crying over your shoulder. Yet, you never complained. When I do cry, you never once asked me why. You never had to. You just knew. You just sat there, held my hand, and listened to me sneeze and my difficult breathing. And afterwards, you just ask me to take a deep breath. Your comforting words never failed to make me smile. Those moments were priceless.

You showed me how far I can go for someone I love. You were there when I made stupid mistakes. Even though it hurt you, you never left my side. You never ceased to forgive sincerely, although you never did forget. You showed me how much my actions could hurt, how much my words could sting, and how much sorry I am for them. You taught me to say sorry, saying the least words and doing nothing, and yet, make it feel that I really am. 

You taught me how to value myself more, to love myself and to regain my self-esteem. You made me stronger than I was before, that I was able to stand firm on my principles, even though it means that I have to let go of the things that matter. You made me appreciate and trust other people who are willing to share themselves with me. You taught me to believe that hitting rock bottom isn’t the end of the world, it just makes you vulnerable, and yet, you stand back up, dust yourself off, and be ready to face the world. You taught me how special I can be in other people’s eyes. Even more than yours.

It’s not that I am settling for something less. In fact, I have more now than what I had before. You prepared and groomed me for what I have now. If it hadn’t been for you, I wouldn’t be as happy and contented as I am now. I may not show it all the time, but I am. And the best part of what we have now is that, we choose to protect the persons we love. And I’m proud to say that this one had kept his end of the bargain.

I know now why He gave you to me. And for that I am more than thankful. I hope you would see things as much as I see them now, with clarity and understanding more than any wise or smart person could explain the reasons why it all came to be. It may not be simple, yet it all makes sense.

I thank you for everything. Although there are times how I wish the friendship could have stayed. But like you said, it would be better this way. Besides, it would be comforting to know that the story of us had actually ended long before we actually realized it did. I wish you well, you deserve it. You are a good person. People you value would be lucky to have you in their lives.