Dear : You might have been my intellectual match. The fact that I loved you as much as I did was a hindrance, and I'm sorry for all the bullshit and melodrama I put you through. I wish I could have respected the beauty of the simplicity of what we had at first, but I knew I'd always wonder about what it was that made me lose track of my thoughts when I looked at you. Dear : You said you never loved me. For a long time now, I'll probably fight between the bitterness of believing you, and the understanding that I think you were probably lying. But I hate the way you treated me when we were together, and in hindsight you did a lot more damage to me than I knew at the time. I wish we'd been old enough to realize what we wasn't really a relationship, just a destructive experiment that probably left us both scarred even if you won't admit it. Anyway, it was my fault for asking. Dear : You were the person who first taught me real kindness. There was an age difference and I was so fucked up at the time, and realistically, I was too young for anything more than we had. But I'm sorry that I got so infatuated and scared you away, because I wish we could exchange letters, so I could impress upon you how totally you saved me from myself, and that I still today think of you as my hero. Dear : I lied to you. I did to protect you, and there was no reason for you to know, except now I wonder all the time if you would have forgiven me. What we had was special but slightly wrong for some reason, and you were the last person in the world I ever wanted to hurt the way I did. God knows I tried but I just fell so far in love with someone else (twice). It was all bad timing and maybe we just didn't know what we really were, anyway I wonder if you know the truth at the bottom of your heart (and I know this is a bad way to find out if you do, or is it perfect? Us both being writers and all.) Dear : I loved you. You didn't understand how much then, and you won't ever know how much I still do, but I saw you the other day and, to my surprise, it didn't ruin my life. You were the first man I ever wanted to marry, and those nights you gave in to me were amazing. I wonder now if you had to be there as a stepping stone to lead me to where I am now (happily). But I know if we spent too much time together I'd fall all over again, because you are every inch the man who man who broke my heart.